1.What should I pay attention to when taking blood pressure?
Before the blood pressure measurement, urinate cleanly, rest quietly for more than 15 minutes, and do not do physical labor, do not smoke, do not drink strong tea and coffee before the test.
2.Basal blood pressure.
The blood pressure value measured when the subject’s body, mind and metabolism are in a resting state (e.g. blood pressure measured in the early morning when the person has just woken up but not yet woken up). The basal blood pressure is closely related to the patient’s prognosis.
3. Occasional blood pressure.
The blood pressure measured at any time is the incidental blood pressure. The blood pressure measured after 10-15 minutes of rest in the sitting or lying position in the outpatient clinic also belongs to occasional blood pressure. A high blood pressure value at one time should not be easily diagnosed as hypertension. You should return to a familiar environment, relax completely, and have your blood pressure measured again by someone familiar with you. If you do not have the conditions, you should repeat the measurement several times.
4, Overweight and obesity are important risk factors for elevated blood pressure. The higher the body mass index, the higher the blood pressure level, body mass index = weight (kg)/height (m).
5, the role of genetic factors in the development of hypertension has been recognized.
6, Mental stress has an effect on blood pressure. Elderly people who are cared for, with less psychological stress and in a relaxed state of mind, have a role in maintaining normal blood pressure or lowering it.
7, it is now found that weight, diet, genetics, psychosocial, socio-occupational and other factors, and increased blood pressure.
8.Patients with hypertension may have headache, dizziness, tinnitus, nose bleeding, palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, back pain, nocturia, thirst, blurred vision and emotional instability, but a significant proportion of patients do not have any symptoms. Therefore, blood pressure should be measured regularly.
9, hypertension is the main risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease (coronary heart disease) and the primary risk factor for stroke (strokes).
10.What should patients with hypertension pay attention to in their daily life?
Hypertension is a chronic disease. To achieve good results, it is crucial for patients to have self-confidence, initiative and enthusiasm, coupled with the correct treatment and life guidance given by doctors, it is entirely possible to treat and control hypertension well.
Actively engage in physical exercise within his ability, do not eat to satiety, quit smoking and drinking, lose weight, stay in a happy mood, learn to relieve mental and psychological stress, work and rest moderately, low salt diet (5g per day), increase potassium, calcium and high quality protein intake. Green leafy vegetables, beans, fava beans, bowl beans, bananas, apricots, etc. are high in potassium. Milk and beans are high in calcium. Aquatic products and eggs are high in high quality protein.
11, the purpose of hypertension treatment.
Is to prevent damage to the heart, brain, kidneys and other important organs, such as can prevent or reduce the occurrence of coronary heart disease, stroke, renal insufficiency.
12.How long is the appropriate treatment for hypertension?
Hypertension can be spontaneously relieved in a small number of patients, but the majority of patients have a lifelong history of hypertension. After discontinuing antihypertensive drugs after the blood pressure is normalized by drug treatment, almost all patients’ blood pressure returns to the pre-treatment level or even higher than the pre-treatment level. Therefore, hypertension is basically a lifelong treatment with medication. During the long treatment process, you should choose effective antihypertensive drugs with as few side effects as possible, and take as few times and as little as possible under the guidance of your doctor.
13.Cautions for treatment
①The medication must be taken for a long time under the guidance of a doctor.
②Select a more stable blood pressure value as the observation standard for antihypertensive treatment. It is best to measure blood pressure several times within 1-2 weeks and take a more stable average blood pressure value as the observation standard.
③The blood pressure should be moderately lowered during the initial treatment phase, and then adjusted after 1 week of observation. If the combination of drugs, should be increased one by one drug year by year, each drug at least 3-5 days of observation.
14.What are the hazards of smoking
According to research, the severity of atherosclerosis is related to how much smoking and the length of time smoking. Tobacco is no less harmful to the human body than opium, especially to the cardiovascular system is the most serious harm. Nicotine and carbon monoxide, the main harmful substances in tobacco, can trigger and aggravate atherosclerosis, causing an increase in blood pressure. Some experiments have confirmed that after smoking a blood pressure can increase by 5-10mmHg; can also increase the harmful blood lipid content, reduce the beneficial lipid content; increase blood viscosity. The result is an increased chance of hypertension, stroke, and coronary heart disease. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control statistics, each cigarette, life shortened by 7 minutes, each pack of cigarettes, life shortened by 2 hours and 17 minutes, lifelong smoking life shortened by 6 years.
15, the benefits of qigong and taijiquan
Qigong and taijiquan can calm the mind, self-regulate the physical and mental state, and have a good auxiliary effect on the prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases.
16.Chinese medicine treatment
Hooked vine, wild chrysanthemum, eucommia, summer cress, cassia seed, tannin, panax ginseng, kudzu root, asparagus
Corn Husk: 15g brewed in boiled water as tea, after 2 months, blood pressure dropped significantly and symptoms improved significantly.
Compound Dan Shen Tablet and Qiju Dihuang Wan, one activates blood stasis to dispel evil, and the other tonifies the liver and kidney to support the righteousness, which is very suitable for the elderly who often have both blood stagnation and liver and kidney deficiency, and can effectively prevent coronary heart disease and stroke when taken regularly. Side effects are rare, if there are adverse reactions, please seek medical attention.