Due to the great changes in the dietary structure and work and rest arrangements of modern people, the "three highs" have gradually become a common problem in society. Especially for elderly friends who stay at home all year round, hypertension and the corresponding cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases often become a "time bomb", which makes people feel uneasy.
According to statistics, about 35% of acute heart patients worldwide die of regret because they have not received timely treatment. However, if reasonable and correct first aid measures can be given within 8 minutes after the onset of the disease, the harm the patients will suffer will be much less.
Therefore, for serious sudden conditions such as angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, middle-aged and elderly friends should learn to take positive response measures, which can not only reduce the risk of disease, but also relieve it as soon as possible after the onset of the disease.
. Doing these 5 things well in daily life may reduce the risk of acute disease and make blood vessels healthier.
1. Regular blood pressure monitoring
After being diagnosed with hypertension, the patient should bring his own blood pressure monitor at home with simple operation and relatively accurate results, and insist on monitoring and recording on time every day after getting up early, falling asleep and after meals. The advantage of doing this is that it can more accurately judge the changes in your own blood pressure and the effect of drug treatment, which is conducive to timely feedback to the doctor, and then adjust the type and frequency of medication, which is also guiding for comprehensive conditioning.
2. Regular medication
Once you suffer from hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease , patients often need long-term medication treatment and comprehensive care. Therefore, whether you are taking aspirin or various statin drugs on your daily basis, you should use the medicine scientifically under the guidance of a doctor. If you experience discomfort symptoms, you should immediately report to the doctor and then make adjustments based on your own situation. Do not act according to your own experience. Even modern drugs may induce renal dysfunction, muscle dissolution and other diseases due to different personal constitutions. Everyone needs to pay attention to this.
3. Maintain a reasonable working and rest
Patients with hypertension also need to pay attention to ensuring daily sleep, try not to stay up late, get up early, or doze off during the day. At night, the human body's metabolic rate will decrease and the blood flow rate will slow down. In this case, blood pressure will often show a downward trend; and when you wake up early, the body will regain vitality, and the blood pressure will rise rapidly at this time, please pay attention.
4. Improving diet health
Reasonable diet is also an important part of stabilizing blood pressure and preventing acute diseases. In addition to following the doctor's guidance and developing a catering habit of less oil and salt, patients should also pay attention to quitting smoking and drinking in time to avoid irritation of blood vessels by nicotine , tar, ethanol , acetaldehyde , etc., which can also reduce the sudden risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
5. Maintain appropriate exercise
Friends who are not in serious condition of hypertension can also relieve the condition by performing appropriate exercise every day. However, depending on the personal physical condition, the exercise forms that can be selected should also vary.
For example, elderly friends with severe calcium loss should choose aerobic exercise with low load, such as swimming, Tai Chi , yoga, etc., which can not only prevent the rapid increase in blood pressure, but also protect joints and skeletal muscles. It can be said that kills two birds with one stone. You might as well try it on weekdays.
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