The weather is hot, how do hypertensive patients control their blood pressure?

In summer, patients with hypertension and their families should take active measures to spend the summer safely. The following points can be referred to.

What should hypertensive patients do in summer?

Insist on monitoring blood pressure

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Keep in mind the changing law of hypertension in summer, and don't relax the monitoring and observation of blood pressure. If it is best to take blood pressure regularly, if not, go to the hospital or clinic to take blood pressure every 3 to 5 days, with the longest interval not exceeding 1 week.

If it is found that blood pressure fluctuates obviously with the sudden change of temperature, the interval will be shortened. If the peak-valley difference between day and night is found to be large or irregular, you should go to the hospital for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to understand the fluctuation law of blood pressure and take measures according to the doctor's advice.

Reasonable water supply to prevent dehydration.

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The hot weather makes the water output of human body around 3300ml/ day, and the decrease of body fluids is also a reason for the decrease of blood pressure. You need to pay attention to water supplement in summer. Don't wait until you are thirsty to drink water, especially before and after bathing.

Drinking boiled water or low salt water with salt content not exceeding l% can effectively replenish water, and can also be supplemented by eating fruits and vegetables. People with diabetes suggest drinking green tea or cold water. Remember to "drink more" when hydrating, to avoid taking in a lot of water at a time, which will burden the heart and kidneys.

At the same time, patients with hypertension are prone to stroke and heart disease in the early morning. Some studies believe that this is related to the lack of water at night. Patients can drink a few mouthfuls of water when they wake up in the middle of the night, which can reduce the viscosity of blood pressure and effectively prevent the formation of thrombosis.

Pay attention to cooling and summer vacation

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The fluctuation of blood pressure in summer is mainly caused by heat, so the main countermeasure for hypertensive patients is to cool down in summer. Measures such as refrigeration and cooling in summer can be taken.

When patients with hypertension use air conditioning, the temperature should not be too low, and the room temperature should be kept at 27 ~ 28℃. Because the elderly are often "afraid of the wind", it is recommended not to install air conditioning in the bedroom, but to install air conditioning in the living room or other rooms with good convection as much as possible to let the cold air gradually spread to the bedroom. This can not only ensure the appropriate temperature, but also avoid joint pain or other intolerance caused by direct cold air blowing.

In addition, you can cool down by swimming, which not only takes away the body's heat, but also keeps fit.

Adjust the dose according to blood pressure

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Generally speaking, blood pressure has not decreased excessively, so we should continue to take maintenance dose drugs.

Some people have obviously low blood pressure in summer. At this time, taking the winter dose is easy to make the blood pressure drop too low, so it is easy to have dizziness, insufficient blood supply to the brain, general weakness and even cerebral infarction or angina pectoris. However, the elderly are more prone to dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, fatigue and other symptoms, accompanied by a drop in blood pressure, so we should pay more attention to monitoring and recording blood pressure, especially in the morning, after meals or when the body is unwell.

Therefore, in the hot summer, patients with hypertension should always measure their blood pressure and make records. Then tell these records to the doctor in time, and the doctor will adjust the dose according to the results of patient monitoring. Take the medicine according to the doctor's advice, and don't reduce or stop the medicine by yourself.

Reasonable exercise

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Exercise time can be chosen at night when the temperature is low. In the morning, human blood is thick, which is a high incidence period of cardiovascular diseases and is not suitable for exercise.

No matter how hot the weather is, people with hypertension should exercise. Patients are advised to choose slow-paced, low-intensity full-body exercises, such as Tai Ji Chuan, Mulan Boxing, going up and down stairs, and riding a bicycle slowly. Or use community fitness equipment, such as waist twisters and stretchers.

Life therapy can't be relaxed.

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If you have formed a good habit of preventing and treating hypertension, don't abandon it just because your blood pressure drops in summer.

Get up slowly in the morning, drink a cup of boiled water or light salt water after washing, exercise properly in the morning, defecate patiently, eat light and low salt, eat eight points full, control your weight, iron your feet or take a warm bath before going to bed, and remain optimistic. It doesn't stop in summer all the year round.