For those who suffer from hypertension, in addition to taking medication on time, it is important to take good daily care to help the condition. In reality, good care can prevent the recurrence of hypertension, and sometimes it is even more effective than medication. In fact, many patients do not notice the role of nursing care in hypertension, and therefore neglect it. So how to take care of it? What are the benefits of hypertension? First of all, hypertension patients should not have a negative mindset when they are treated, what we have to do is to carry out psychological adjustment, which is the first step of care. Reduce mental stress and maintain a balanced psychology. Long-term mental stress and depression is one of the important causes of hypertension and some other chronic diseases. For patients with hypertension, this mental state often leads them to adopt unhealthy lifestyles, such as alcohol abuse and smoking, which reduces or counteracts the compliance of hypertension treatment. For people with mental stress and psychological imbalance, changing their mental outlook requires long-term and careful work. Weight control The next step is to do care for some specific body types of patients, for example, obese patients should control their weight, and weight control is helpful for hypertension, it is recommended that body mass index (BMI) should be controlled below 24kg/m2. Weight control is very beneficial to health, such as a 5 kg average weight loss in the population and a 10% weight reduction in hypertensive patients. Weight loss is achieved by reducing total caloric intake on the one hand, emphasizing less fat and limiting excessive carbohydrate intake. Exercise should be appropriate In the course of treatment to increase physical activity, there is appropriate exercise is good care for patients with hypertension. However, it is important to note that everyone who participates in exercise, especially middle-aged and elderly people and people with hypertension, would do well to understand their physical condition before exercising to determine their type of exercise, intensity, frequency and duration of exercise. For middle-aged and elderly people should include aerobic, stretching and muscle-strengthening exercises in three categories, and specific items can be chosen from walking, jogging, tai chi, gateball, qigong and disco. Although there are many ways to take care of hypertension, the care should be “personalized”, at the same time, the problems that need attention are also multifaceted, not only in the diet, but also in the psychological help to hypertensive patients, if you do not know how to take care of hypertensive patients, you should consult your doctor’s opinion.