Long-term swimming is helpful in controlling blood pressure, but if the effect of controlling blood pressure is unstable, patients with high blood pressure should be treated with oral medication under the guidance of a doctor.
The treatment of hypertension includes drug treatment and non-drug treatment, and exercise is one of the main ways of non-drug treatment. Patients with high blood pressure are recommended to adhere to long-term physical exercise, such as swimming, long-term swimming for blood pressure control has a positive role in helping to play a certain role in lowering blood pressure, but is not the main way to control blood pressure.
Patients with high blood pressure on the basis of lifestyle adjustment, if the blood pressure control is not ideal, also need oral plus drug therapy, such as amlodipine, valsartan, metoprolol and other drugs, some patients even need to take a combination of oral 2~3 kinds of drugs, in order to maintain the blood pressure level.
Patients with high blood pressure should adopt a healthy lifestyle under the guidance of their physicians and use reasonable medication to keep their blood pressure levels stable.