Many people have high blood pressure checked in their physical exams. In fact, the criteria for blood pressure vary by age, and it is likely that for you, that blood pressure is normal! Although doctors often say that the criteria for diagnosing hypertension are: systolic blood pressure (high pressure) > 140 mmHg; diastolic blood pressure (low pressure) > 90 mmHg. But as you get older, your blood pressure will also increase. The standard of normal blood pressure varies from age to age, so come and check whether your blood pressure is normal or not! Not only that, many people feel that they have hypertension when they have high blood pressure, in fact, this is also a misconception! High blood pressure ≠ hypertension disease The World Health Organization has set the standard for hypertension as 140/90mmHg or less for normal adults, 160/95mmHg or more for hypertension, and critical hypertension between the above two. Hypertension is diagnosed if blood pressure exceeds 160/95 mmHg measured before waking up in the morning for 3 consecutive days, but it is not yet equivalent to hypertensive disorders. Hypertension is a disease whose cause is not yet well defined and in which hypertension is the main clinical manifestation, accounting for 90% of all diseases with elevated blood pressure. Another 10% are secondary hypertension. Hypertension ≠ necessarily needs drug treatment Non-drug treatment measures are the preferred method and basic therapy for treating hypertension, hypertension disease and critical hypertension. Current research proves that effective non-drug therapies include: 1. weight control; 2. salt intake restriction; 3. smoking cessation; 4. avoiding mood swings; 5. reasonable exercise. Any drug that can lower blood pressure ≠ ideal drug Lowering blood pressure is not the only purpose of treating hypertension, nor is it the only criterion to evaluate the efficacy of drugs. The ideal antihypertensive drug should not affect lipid metabolism and glucose metabolism while lowering blood pressure, protect the “target organs” and have no obvious adverse effects, and this kind of drug is suitable for long-term use. In general, except for hypertensive crisis and hypertensive encephalopathy, which require emergency blood pressure lowering, other hypertensive patients, even those with high blood pressure level of stage II and III hypertension, should also lower their blood pressure steadily and gradually. If the blood pressure falls too fast or too low, cerebral ischemia and postural hypotension are very likely to occur. In addition, some hypertensive patients, often put the last of the day antihypertensive drugs before bedtime or take only one antihypertensive drug before bedtime, this practice is unscientific and dangerous.