Why is the lower the temperature, the easier it is to rise?
This disease has a lot to do with weather changes. In winter, when the temperature drops gradually, blood vessels are more likely to be stimulated and contract, but the blood volume inside has not changed, and the pressure brought by blood flow to the blood vessel wall has increased, so blood pressure is easy to rise.
In addition, it is also related to changes in diet. When it is cold, people often eat some high-calorie foods, and a little carelessness will also affect blood pressure. There is also the Spring Festival in winter. Throughout the year, children who work hard outside come back. When a family eats together, it is inevitable to drink some wine, especially male friends. Even if they haven't drunk it before, drinking it at this time will have an impact on blood pressure and it is difficult to control.
Emotion can also affect blood pressure. It's freezing in the cold, which makes people sad. For the elderly, they may think about it because of their children's unintentional words and feel that they are a burden. Frequent fluctuations in mood can also easily affect the normal contraction of blood vessels and cause blood pressure to rise.
It can be seen that for hypertensive patients, winter really needs more attention. In terms of self-management, it may be necessary to adjust according to the season, so as to better stabilize blood pressure and reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events such as cerebral infarction and stroke. So, what can be done specifically? What problems should we pay attention to? Next, let me introduce you. I hope you have noticed.
So, how do hypertensive patients manage themselves and control their blood pressure in winter?
First of all, I want to talk about medication-
When the temperature changes greatly, blood pressure will fluctuate. Some patients may adjust the dosage of antihypertensive drugs by themselves. Blood pressure used to drop easily, so I ate less. Now that it's cold, blood pressure tends to rise, so they increase it. But remind patients not to adjust their medication by themselves. No matter how the weather changes, they should follow the doctor's advice. If they want to adjust, they must ask the doctor in advance and do it under his guidance and advice.
Self-adjusting dosage or changing drugs will affect the antihypertensive effect, and blood pressure is prone to frequent fluctuations, which is difficult to control. Different people have different blood pressure conditions, and how much they need to drop below is also different. We must proceed from our own actual situation.
In addition, it is necessary to measure blood pressure frequently and accurately-
The weather changes rapidly, so we should pay more attention to the monitoring of blood pressure in order to better understand our situation. Now many families have their own sphygmomanometers, and electronic measurement is relatively simple, but we should pay attention to the correct way. If the measurement is wrong, we will not know the true situation of blood pressure, which is not conducive to the reduction of blood pressure.
It's cold in winter, so wear more clothes. In fact, it is not necessary to take off your coat completely when measuring. Just take off your autumn clothes until they are left. If it is not thick, it generally has little effect on the measurement results. Everyone should pay more attention to the exact location of the measurement and be calm before the measurement. After the exam, you should also pay attention to the records, remember as much as possible, and don't round off.
Finally, it's about living habits-
Lifestyle also has a great influence on blood pressure. Only by taking medicine and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can we achieve the goal of stabilizing blood pressure for a long time. In this respect, we all know how to eat, sleep and move, and we all have our own methods, so I won't say much here. Let's talk about psychology here, which is easily overlooked. Maintaining psychological balance is conducive to controlling blood pressure and avoiding emotional ups and downs.
To sum up, if patients with hypertension can do these things well in winter, their blood pressure may not dare to act rashly, but if they are ignored, a series of diseases that may be hidden behind them, such as cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, coronary heart disease, etc., will easily find you, and even seriously affect their life safety, which cannot be ignored.