Understanding Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is a force that your heart uses to pump the blood through the whole body, organs, and systems. Blood pressure has its normal value. It can be higher or lower. High blood pressure is called Hypertension ( HTN), .and lower blood pressure is called Hypotension.
HOW TO MEASURE BP
we measure blood pressure in ( mmHg) mercury, and there are two measures for bp measuring.
Systolic Bp: the pressure when your heart pushes blood out of the heart. normal systolic bp is
Diasystolic Bp: the pressure when your heart rests between beats.
overall ideal blood pressure is considered to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg
HYPERTENSION
Blood pressure is considered to be higher if it is 140/90mmHg. Hypertension is the most common bp disease that affects most people. It occurs due to an unhealthy lifestyle, smoking, lack of exercise, drinking too much alcohol each day, obesity. if left untreated, hypertension can cause major health issues such as coronary heart disease and kidney
Disease and brain hemorrhage.
HYPOTENSION
Blood pressure is considered low if it is 90/60mmHg. Hypotension is less common than hypertension, but it also has a terrible impact on health; sometimes hypotension occurs due to side effects of various medications, it can cause a heart attack if left untreated.
Easy Methods to treat Maintain Blood pressure at home:
QUIT SMOKING;
Smoking is injurious to health, as we all know. But still, people do it because it's an addiction. If the person with chronic hypertension disease must quit smoking to maintain blood pressure, smoking is a major cause of high blood pressure, by quitting smoking, blood pressure can be maintained.
Healthy Diet;
Fresh vegetables, green vegetables, and a diet without cholesterol and the diet with HDL fats can help maintain blood pressure. If you are a patient with high blood pressure keeping your diet healthy and cholesterol-free will help you get rid of this disease; fresh fruits, juices, grains, fruits, healthy dairy products, and a high potassium-containing diet.
REGULAR EXERCISE;
one of the best methods to maintain blood pressure is regular exercise, daily 1 to 2-hour exercise can help you maintain the blood pressure, especially jogging, running, cardio, yoga, cycling, jumping, daily walk especially in the morning and at nigh is the best way to maintain blood pressure.
LOSE WEIGHT;
IF your weight is very high that you are consider overweighted, and your BMI is also high, then to have hypertension is no surprise to anyone; if you want to get rid of hypertension, you just need to lose weight and maintain a normal BMI, exercise, healthy diet, less fat diet, less cholesterol diet, by taking protein-rich diet you can easily lose weight.
Reduce Alcohol Intake;
To reduce high blood pressure and maintain it, you need to reduce the alcohol drinking or completely quit drinking; use of more water can keep your blood pressure normal; alcohol is one of the major causes of hypertension that is a major cause of heart disease, my advice is must reduce alcohol consumption is you want a healthy life.
Less Stress and Depression;
depression is also a major cause of high blood pressure; depression can lead to brain hemorrhage if it becomes chronic; try not to take the stress of daily problems, share your problems with friends and family and get moral support and if needed, take antidepressants by consulting through your doctor recommendation. Depression is very much common these days that is disturbing each person's daily life.
Monitor Blood Pressure Regularly;
If you are a patient of blood pressure disease, you need to measure blood pressure regularly. If it's high or low, consult your doctor and take your proper medicine; blood pressure can be controlled if you take it seriously and take steps to maintain it.
[ by Dr. Anees ]
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