Do you know how much blood pressure is considered hypertension? How to measure blood pressure correctly?
Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases. "at present, there are more than 300 million patients with hypertension in China. What m……
mmHg (mm Hg) or diastolic blood pressure (low pressure) ≥ 90 mmHg (mm Hg) are measured three times in the same day without antihypertensive drugs. The blood pressure was measured continuously in the family for 5-7 days
and the average blood pressure ≥ 135 + 85 mmHg (mm Hg) could be diagnosed as hypertension
Cai Jun
director of the Hypertension Center of Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences: to measure blood pressure
we require a rest of 5 to 10 minutes in a quiet state for blood pressure measurement. In addition
do not do strenuous exercise
drink coffee
mood swings or excitement for half an hour before measuring blood pressure.Is there no harm if there are no symptoms of hypertension
The symptoms of hypertension vary from person to person
and most patients with early hypertension do not have any symptoms
or the symptoms are not obvious. Therefore
some patients think that if there are no symptoms
there is no need for treatment
is that so?Medical staff suggest that elevated blood pressure can lead to headaches
dizziness
distension and other uncomfortable symptoms
but most patients with high blood pressure will not have obvious symptoms in the early stage
so they may not be able to know that they have high blood pressure without blood pressure measurements. However
the absence of symptoms of hypertension does not mean that there is no harm
Hypertension refers to the phenomenon that the pressure on the blood vessel wall is higher than normal when the blood of the human body flows in the blood vessels. Hypertension is often called the silent killer