What is Blood Pressure?
In simple words, when blood flows through our body, it gives pressure on the arteries. That is the Blood Pressure. It is expressed in two parts – 1) Systolic Pressure (When heart pumps blood) and 2) Diastolic Pressure (When heart relaxes to fill with blood).
Blood Pressure is expressed as e.g 120/80 mmHg. Where 120 or the top number is the Systolic Pressure and 80 or the bottom number is the Diastolic Pressure.
What is High Blood Pressure?
Blood Pressure (BP) has a specific range. For 10-30 years of age, 120/80 mmHg or closes to it, is the normal. While for 30+ years aged people, 130/85 considered normal.[1] [2] More than this range like 140/90, 150/90, 150/90, 160/92 mmHg are considered high blood pressure.
Generally,
- Telmisartan
- Losartan
- Metoprolol Succinate
- Chlorthalidone
- Amlodipine
- Cilnidipine
are some common medicines for high BP patients.
What are those 5 mistakes you shouldn’t do?
Mistake 1: Consuming too much salt
The primary reason for the High BP is consuming too much salt. Without any mistake or excuse, lower the amount of salt from your meal immediately. Make a habit to avoid taking salt without food.
Mistake 2: Irregular checkup of BP
Regularly measure your BP at the same time. Do this at least once a day. So that you can always track your current BP. It’s a good practice to measure BP before and 1 hour after taking of medicine[3].
To checkup the BP regularly, you should have sphygmomanometer at home. The manual one is mostly preferred as it shows more accurate results compared to the digital one. You can find so many tutorials on “How to measure BP by sphygmomanometer” on YouTube.
It’s also very convenient and good practice to have this device at your fingertips. Next time, you don’t have to rush to doctors or health professionals just to measure BP.
Mistake 3: Not consulting a doctor periodically
You should visit the doctor at least once a month. In this way, you and your doctor can keep the track of your health and BP. They can increase or, decrease the amount of medicine intake. Doctors can also suggest you to change the medicine according to the current condition of your blood pressure (BP).
It’s totally understandable, visiting doctors can be costly or time consuming. But it’s worth it for your good health.
Also, it’s recommended not to change the doctor frequently. Different doctors have different way of prescribing patients. It can be confusing to you and taking medicine from them won’t be that much effective.
So, it’s better to consult a good doctor for long visit.
Mistake 4: Not following the doctor’s prescribed medicines
Taking less or more medicines and stopping the medicine doses without doctor’s advice. These are some of the dangerous crime that you shouldn’t do having a High BP.
If you consult a good doctor that means you have trust on him/her.
When a doctor prescribe medicines, it has certain dates and doses to follow. There are so many reasons to give you certain medicines for certain amount. Not following this will cause your blood pressure high and also health damage.
Mistake 5: Avoiding vegetables
Don’t ever dare to avoid vegetables from your meal whether you are high BP patient or not. Because it not only gives us nutrients, vitamins and minerals but also saves us from numerous heart diseases and fighting bad cholesterol.
Moreover, try to lower the amount of fats from your food. It squeezes blood vessels which increases BP.
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