National Hypertension Day: Focus on your blood pressure

(reporter Gaofang) October 8 is the national 17th Hypertension Day, this year hypertension day's theme is "Knows your blood pressure".

As the weather gradually cooled, many patients with stable blood pressure also showed signs of elevated blood pressure. "Alternating warm and cold season, blood vessels are stimulated by cool air contraction, will cause the rise in blood pressure, hypertension patients this time to pay attention to the fluctuation of blood pressure, preferably under the guidance of doctors, diligent blood pressure measurement, appropriate adjustment of antihypertensive medicinal quantity." "October 8, Nanxiao, director of the Central Hospital for hypertension and peripheral vascular disease, said.

High blood pressure is a major threat to human health, a chronic disease, it will cause headaches, dizziness, chest tightness and other symptoms, but also the fuse of many diseases, it on the blood vessels, heart, kidneys, brain and other organs have damage. "The first step in controlling your blood pressure is to understand your blood pressure levels, to understand your blood pressure levels, and to measure your blood pressure," he said. "It is advisable to measure blood pressure at least two times a year for people over 40 years old," Nanxiao said. For people who are prone to high blood pressure, such as obesity, prolonged drinking, smoking, and family history of hypertension, regular blood pressure measurements should be measured;

Nanxiao recommended hypertensive patients to develop good habits, diet should be light, regular quantitative, less salt, smoking cessation of alcohol, increase the intake of fruits and vegetables, at the same time, hypertensive patients to combine exertion, proper conduct of regular exercise, such as walking, jogging, taijiquan and so on.

Author: Gaofang