Therefore, it is particularly important for patients with hypertension to regulate and stabilize their blood pressure in spring and comprehensively care for their blood pressure health!
Dietary balance
Eating light, less greasy and less salt is an important part of preventing and treating hypertension, and it is also the basic principle of spring diet. Under the guidance of this principle, patients with hypertension should eat less acidic foods and eat more foods that can tonify the spleen and stomach, such as lean meat, eggs, dates, fruits and dried fruits. Eating more fresh vegetables such as leek, spinach, shepherd's purse and onion can effectively lower cholesterol and reduce the deposition of cholesterol on the blood vessel wall, which is beneficial to the regulation of blood pressure; Eat more sweets, such as jujube, peanuts, corn, soybean milk and so on. In short, all kinds of food should be eaten, and the main and auxiliary materials, coarse and fine materials and vegetarian materials should be reasonably matched to achieve a balanced nutrition.
Moderate exercise
Spring is the best time for exercise, which is good for people, especially for patients with hypertension. Insisting on outdoor exercise in the season of frequent diseases in spring can enhance human immunity and make it difficult to get sick; Can improve metabolism, improve blood circulation, eliminate fatigue and depression, and regulate psychology; Sunbathing and increasing vitamin D are beneficial to the absorption of calcium and can prevent osteoporosis. Inhaling fresh air can improve the oxygen supply to the heart and brain, enhance the brain's regulation of cardiac vasodilation function, and prevent coronary heart disease and stroke.
Patients with hypertension can go out for a spring outing, hike in the wild, climb mountains, jog and take a walk. But exercise must be moderate, orderly and restrained.
Spring mulching and disease prevention
Because of the existence of "cold spring", there is a saying that spring covers. Hypertensive patients should be covered with quilts in spring to help regulate blood pressure. If you don't cover it in time, you will catch a cold, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury to patients with hypertension. But the cover should be appropriate and timely, not uniform. For the elderly and hypertensive patients with poor adjustment ability, clothes should not be simply covered, but should be increased or decreased according to climate change. In particular, you should wear a hat to protect your brain, a vest to protect your back and loose shoes and socks to protect your feet, that is, "grab both ends and take the middle."
Replenish water
Many nutrients must be dissolved in water to be absorbed, and many metabolites must pass through water to be excreted through the intestine and kidneys. It is windy and rainy in spring, and the climate is dry and short of water, which will make blood sticky, increase vascular resistance, increase the burden on the heart and increase blood pressure, leading to myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. Therefore, patients with hypertension should supplement no less than 2500 ml of water every day to prevent the occurrence and development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Eliminate spring sleepiness
Patients with hypertension in spring should go to bed early and get up early to ensure adequate sleep. But you can't get up too early. The old adage "smell the chicken and dance" is no longer desirable. Instead, we should advocate keeping pace with the times, conforming to the rise of natural yang, and keeping fit. Pay attention to the fresh indoor air and often open the window for ventilation, which is very beneficial to eliminate spring sleep. Experts advocate taking a nap for half an hour every day, which can relieve spring sleep. Adequate sleep is conducive to regulating blood pressure and preventing stroke.