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Posted by Doctor CKII Pham Tuyet Trinh - Cardiology Center, Vinmec Times City International Hospital
With a healthy diet, lifestyle and good control of blood pressure, patients can maintain good health and do not affect life expectancy and quality of life. Therefore, the diet and lifestyle of people with high blood pressure is a top concern today.
1. What is blood pressure?
When the heart contracts, blood will be pumped and pressed against the vessel wall causing the vessel wall to stretch. The measure of the force exerted on the artery wall as blood is pumped by the heart into the artery is the systolic blood pressure. After contraction, the heart will relax and the artery wall will return to its original state, the measure of the force of blood in the artery against the artery wall at this time is the diastolic blood pressure.
According to the World Health Organization, normal blood pressure measured in the arm is < 120/80 mmHg. This is the normal average blood pressure for adults. Because blood pressure is constantly changing over time, psychophysiological state and many other factors.
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2. What is hypertension?
Blood pressure changes under certain conditions are normal, but only within certain limits. Hypertension is when blood pressure is frequently higher than normal both when the heart contracts (systolic) and when the heart relaxes (diastolic). Blood pressure is considered elevated when 140/90 mmHg is then repeated several times.
The diagnosis of hypertension should not only be assessed through one visit, if the patient's blood pressure is found to be elevated, the patient should be monitored and re-examined to confirm the presence of hypertension or not.
3. Good blood pressure control can limit disease complications
Hypertension is a common disease, especially in the elderly, it is also one of the main causes of death or disability among cardiovascular diseases. The disease often progresses silently, but the consequences are very severe, so if properly monitored and treated, complications and complications of the disease will be avoided, thereby preserving health, labor and life expectancy for people. sick.
For good control treatment of hypertension, in addition to complying with the medication instructions when examining the doctor, the implementation of a diet and lifestyle contributes significantly to the effective treatment of hypertension. prevent complications caused by hypertension, bring quality of life with health, happiness and longevity for everyone.
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4. Diet in hypertensive patients
The general rule in the treatment of hypertension is to combine lifestyle changes and control blood pressure goals to < 140/90 mmHg. Patients with combined diabetes or heart failure, renal failure must control blood pressure to a goal lower than 130/85 mmHg.
In new cases of mild hypertension, just adjusting the diet and increasing exercise significantly improves the condition (also known as a non-pharmacological antihypertensive regimen). People with high blood pressure should not eat salt, should not eat more than 5-6g of salt / day. Eating salty foods will cause water retention in the blood, causing high blood pressure. It is necessary to limit eating a lot of processed foods such as sausages, sausages, smoked foods, salted and marinated dishes, because in the processing process often adds a lot of salt. For example, in 3-4 slices of bread, pillows contain up to 2g of table salt.
In addition to salt, hypertensive patients need to minimize fat in the diet. Limit eating fatty meat, butter, remove all the fat seen during processing, do not eat stir-fried water, bone soup, fish soup that has not been skimmed off, do not eat the skin of cattle and poultry, limit eating vegetable oil because it contains many calories, drink skimmed milk.
Minimize the use of sugar, sweets, drink alcohol, do not smoke. Increase eating green vegetables, fruits, pay attention to eat foods that contain a lot of potassium and magnesium and other trace elements such as potatoes, seaweed, bananas, watermelons. If the person has high blood pressure and is overweight, they must follow a reduced-calorie diet and adjust their weight to a reasonable level. The treatment of hypertension requires adherence to a prescribed medication regimen and a combination of appropriate diet and physical activity that will increase the effectiveness of hypertension treatment, limit complications, and improve quality. quantity of life.
Hypertension is a dangerous disease and can leave many complications, so patients need to be monitored and re-examined periodically. Currently, Vinmec International General Hospital has been and continues to deploy the basic hypertension examination package and the advanced hypertension examination package which are chosen by many customers. The implementation of the examination at the hospital is highly effective thanks to a team of good doctors. With modern facilities and machines, it will give accurate diagnosis results in a timely manner, so that appropriate treatment can be directed and minimized complications caused by hypertension.
Customers can directly go to Vinmec Health system nationwide to visit or contact the hotline here for support.
