Tag: Hypertension

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Just found hypertension, do you need to take medicine?

Many people take their blood pressure by chance and find that their blood pressure has reached the standard of hypertension (higher than 140/90 mmHg). At this time, don’t be nervous first, and then take it two or three times. If it is still high, it is recommended to take it again every other day or two. If the results of multiple measurements are higher than 140/90 mmHg, you must be careful. You must go to the internal medicine department or the cardiology department of the hospital to have a look and let the doctor help lower your blood pressure. Many people think that when they arrive at the hospital, doctors must let them take medicine. In fact, they are not. Read More …

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Hypertension patients, how to control blood lipid?

After getting hypertension, everyone will always pay attention to their blood pressure, but many people ignore one thing: blood lipid. Blood lipid level is very important. Hyperlipidemia itself is a risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If blood pressure and blood lipid are high, the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke will also increase. Doctors usually check blood lipid and evaluate risks for hypertension patients. Medication is very helpful. What is the blood lipid level? After blood lipid rises, the lipid in blood is easier to deposit on the blood vessel wall to form fat plaque, which is often called atherosclerosis. If it is not controlled, fat plaque will become larger and larger, becoming more and more unstable Read More …

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Healthy Diet Pyramid for Middle-aged and Elderly

Healthy diet should be balanced, and it is easiest to follow the pattern. Health Headline (Micro Signal: Baojiandaifu) likes to introduce various rules of healthy diet to everyone at ordinary times, but after reading so much, I can’t remember it. We have also considered it, so today we will introduce this health pyramid to you. As long as we have a picture, we will know all the rules. Come on, let’s start: Most: cereals Cereals: Three to five bowls a day, and the amount of one bowl should be controlled between 250 and 300 milliliters. Second: Vegetables and fruits Vegetables: At least three servings a day, one half bowl of cooked vegetables. More detailed suggestions can be found here: it Read More …

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Of all the salts, which is better?

Edible salt, if according to national standards, is only divided into refined salt, crushed washing salt, sun salt, low sodium salt, etc. However, the merchants are not stupid. The names of various salts sold on the market are multifarious: iodized salt, low sodium salt, baked salt, pickled salt, cold salt, bamboo salt, mushroom salt, calcium salt, zinc salt, selenium salt… Completely dizzy. The most important point to remember first: high sodium intake (> 2g/day, equivalent to 5g of salt per day) and insufficient potassium intake (less than 3.5 g/day) are easy to lead to hypertension and increase the risk of heart disease and stroke! This is what the World Health Organization said, and the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents also Read More …

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Healthy body, happy heart! What is your health score? One by one to check

Some people say that health is 1 and the rest is 0. Life is a number. Only the front 1 can be guaranteed and the back 0 is meaningful. When you are young, you may not understand this truth, but the older you get, the more attention should be paid to your health. The health headline (Baojiandaifu) will now give you a score on your health and see if your health protection has been done in how? Have you been vaccinated? Vaccination during the flu season every year; Friends who have never been vaccinated, or who have been vaccinated before the age of 65, but have been vaccinated for more than five years, should be able to be vaccinated against Read More …

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Middle-aged to prevent beer belly, both men and women should [hurry]!

As we all know, obesity is not good for health, but helplessly, when people are over middle age, they always feel that the people around them and themselves are getting fatter, especially the central obesity type with [beer belly], which is a risk factor for diabetes and hypertension. The so-called “shut up and keep your legs open” can be described as a universal way to preserve one’s health. However, for elderly friends, there are many restrictions on sports, and they hope to be simple and need to ensure safety. So, what sports are something we can do at any time, effective and convenient to stick to? Remember this sentence: Middle-aged to prevent beer belly, both men and women should [hurry]! Read More …

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Remember these two numbers, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 90%!

According to statistics, 3 million people die of cardiovascular diseases every year in China, with an average of one person killed by cardiovascular diseases every 10 seconds. But in fact, 9 of the 10 myocardial infarcts can be predicted. Six myocardial infarcts, five can be prevented. So, in fact, it is your fault not to live to be 90 years old. How can you live to be 90 years old? Listen to my secret: remember two numbers! 140-6-543-0-268 For friends with diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, remember this number: 140-6-543-0-268. 140: that systolic blood pressure reach the standard value of 140 mmHg or less; 6: fasting blood glucose less than 6 mmol/L, glycosylated hemoglobin less than 6%; 543: The total Read More …

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Is it OK to treat hypertension and other symptoms?

Many hypertension friends will have such misunderstanding [although the blood pressure is high, there is no symptom indicating that it is not serious] [no treatment is needed, and no medicine is needed, and treatment will be carried out after symptoms and discomfort, such as headache, blushing and dizziness, are present]. Remind everyone that this idea is very dangerous! If blood pressure rises, it must be controlled early. Once many people have symptoms, it is too late to control them again. The reason is very simple: just like the water pipe in your home is leaking, do you repair it as soon as you find it leaking? Or wait until the wall skin is moldy and peeled before repairing it? Moreover, Read More …

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Cholesterol, good or bad? Eat or not?

Friends who care about nutrition may have heard that the US Dietary Guidelines have lifted the restriction on cholesterol. This makes everyone a little confused: have doctors been wrong for so many years when they say they want a low-salt and low-fat diet? Is cholesterol actually good? Seeing that everyone is so concerned about health, Dr. Clove is very happy. We will explain in detail whether cholesterol is good or bad. Cholesterol in blood, good and bad Cholesterol is cholesterol, but when it is combined with different means of transportation in blood, it will have different destinations and different results. Low density lipoprotein When cholesterol binds to low density lipoprotein, Cholesterol is more likely to deposit on the blood vessel Read More …