What should I do if I find out my blood pressure is high for the first time? Am I a hypertensive person? What should I do to treat it? My blood pressure is 130/85 mmHg, which is not yet the standard for hypertension, so should I just leave it alone? With the improvement of living standard and health consciousness, many people start to care about their blood pressure level, which is a welcome phenomenon, but many people often encounter confusion, for example, if high blood pressure is found during physical examination, is it a hypertensive patient? And what should be done about it? To clarify these issues we must first understand what is blood pressure? In layman’s terms, blood pressure is the pressure on the walls of the blood vessels when the blood flows in the blood vessels, the reason why the blood can flow in the blood vessels is because there is a push from the heart, the heart contraction blood flows from the heart into the arteries, the heart diastolic blood flow back to the heart from the veins, so blood pressure is divided into systolic and diastolic pressure, systolic pressure is the pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood vessels when the heart contracts, which is what the people call Systolic pressure is the pressure of blood against the walls of blood vessels when the heart is contracting, which is what people call high pressure, and diastolic pressure is the pressure of blood against the walls of blood vessels when the heart is diastolic, which is what people call low pressure. Normal blood pressure values are <120 mmHg systolic and <80 mmHg diastolic. So what is hypertension again? Is it hypertension when it exceeds the normal blood pressure value? According to the current criteria, a systolic blood pressure of ≥140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic blood pressure of ≥90 mm Hg and should be measured on more than 3 non-same days with blood pressure values exceeding the criteria to be diagnosed with hypertension. Careful readers may notice that there is an interval between hypertension and normal blood pressure values, so if the systolic blood pressure is between 120-139 mm Hg and/or the diastolic blood pressure is between 80-89 mm Hg, what is this time? This time is the normal high blood pressure, although this time has not reached the standard of hypertension, but has been higher than the normal blood pressure value, the possibility of developing hypertension is relatively large, there are studies show that the blood pressure level in 120-139/80-89 mm Hg people, after 10 years than the blood pressure level 110/75 mm Hg people cardiovascular risk increased more than 1 times; blood pressure 120-129/80-84 mm Hg 129/80-84 mm Hg and 130-139/85-89 mm Hg, 45% and 64% of the middle-aged population, respectively, became hypertensive after 10 years. Therefore, if by chance we find that our blood pressure is high, although we cannot immediately put on the hat of hypertension, we should not take it lightly, we should retest the blood pressure in time, because there are more factors affecting blood pressure, one or two measurements may not reflect the real situation of blood pressure, if multiple measurements are high, then we should pay attention to it, even if it is within the normal high value, we have to take some measures Even if it is within the normal high range, we have to take some measures. What exactly are these measures? Do we need to take medication immediately? In fact, if the blood pressure value is not very high, the first thing to do should be to reflect on their own habits, change the bad habits of life, diet and rest, smoking to quit smoking, alcoholism to control the amount of alcohol, obese to take some measures to reduce weight, avoid emotional and mental tension, proper rest and relaxation, some because of work, study and nervousness caused by mental tension, thus causing the blood pressure Elevated, after adjustment blood pressure can often be improved. If after a month or so of adjustment, the blood pressure is still not well controlled, or the symptoms intensify during this period, it is necessary to go to the doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor for further examination, in order to clarify whether it is primary hypertension or secondary hypertension, so as to take the appropriate treatment measures, it is best not to just buy antihypertensive drugs to eat, so as not to delay the disease, affecting the treatment of the disease.