If hypertension is not treated in time, it will also induce serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications such as coronary heart disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris and cardiac arrest, which will seriously threaten the health and even life of patients.
According to the Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in China, under normal circumstances, the systolic blood pressure is 120~ 139mmhg, and the diastolic blood pressure is 80~89mmhg. The older you get, the higher your blood pressure is, the lower your blood pressure is, and the lower your ambient temperature is.
Hypertension often occurs in the following groups of people: people with a family history of hypertension, people with impatience, people with heavy eating habits, people who smoke and drink for a long time, people with excessive mental or work stress, and people who abuse health care drugs.
Early prevention and detection of hypertension is very important. Middle-aged and elderly people are the primary targets of hypertension persecution. Old people must form the good habit of regularly monitoring blood pressure. Many elderly people are curious about such things. When measuring blood pressure, should they choose their left arm or their right arm? Never pretend you don't understand, but listen to the doctor's answer.
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Is the left arm or the right arm measured for blood pressure?
If you look carefully, you will find that in hospitals, nurses usually choose their right arm when taking patients' blood pressure.
Because the right canine artery of the right arm is a 1 branch of the aorta, the right hand can consume more calories than the left hand, which is closer to the aorta of the human body and the measured blood pressure value is more accurate. Therefore, in medicine, when measuring blood pressure, the blood pressure of the right arm is generally taken as the standard.
There is a certain difference in blood pressure between the two arms of human body. The blood pressure between the right arm and the left arm is about 5~ 10mmhg. When measuring blood pressure at home, it is best to measure both left and right arms.
If the blood pressure difference between the left arm and the right arm is large, 20mmhg, and the blood pressure value remains unchanged after repeated measurements, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time at this time, which may cause vascular diseases. Don't ignore this detail.
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Do you know the correct way to measure blood pressure?
Measurement method
At present, the common blood pressure measurement methods are electronic sphygmomanometer and mercury sphygmomanometer.
No matter which sphygmomanometer is selected for measurement, the examinee can choose sitting position or supine position. When choosing a sitting position, he must keep relaxed. The sensor of sphygmomanometer should be on the same level as the heart. When measuring, the upper arm should be abduction 30~45 degrees to make the whole body blood flow unobstructed.
Measuring method of mercury sphygmomanometer;
When measuring with a mercury sphygmomanometer, be sure to put the stethoscope in a proper position, so that you can clearly feel the pulse of blood vessels, and then inflate it. Listen carefully to the sound of blood pressure fluctuation to determine systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and record it in time.
Measuring method of electronic sphygmomanometer;
When using the electronic sphygmomanometer, the sensor must be placed in the position where the pulse fluctuates obviously, so that the measured blood pressure value is closer to the blood pressure value of the human body and will be more accurate. It is best to use brachial artery when measuring in the elderly, while young people can choose brachial artery and radial artery.
When using the electronic sphygmomanometer, you should put two fingers on the elastic part of the cuff, then click the start button and wait quietly for more than ten seconds to easily read your blood pressure value on the display screen. After measurement, it must be recorded in time for future observation.
Regulating emotion
30 minutes before blood pressure measurement, it's best to keep your mind steady, don't do strenuous exercise, and don't engage in heavy physical labor. Keep your mind calm and rest.
Before measuring blood pressure, if you are too nervous, it will increase the blood pressure value, which is conducive to the observation and stability of the disease, and will also make doctors make mistakes.
It is best to go to the toilet in advance before the measurement, urinate, quit smoking and limit alcohol, drink less stimulating drinks, and don't make any noise during the measurement to maintain emotional stability.
Don't take medicine before measurement.
Although the current medical level is very advanced, drugs that can completely cure diseases such as hypertension have not yet been developed. Hypertensive patients need to take antihypertensive drugs for a long time to achieve the purpose of lowering blood pressure.
It is best not to take antihypertensive drugs before measuring blood pressure. After taking the medicine, the patient's blood pressure will be reduced. As a result, the most accurate blood pressure of patients can not be measured, which affects the judgment of doctors and seriously delays the best treatment time of diseases.
Multiple measurement
For patients with hypertension, blood pressure is extremely unstable, and the blood pressure will fluctuate many times during the day, and it will rise and fall before and after meals or before and after exercise.
If you want to judge the recovery of your illness more accurately, if you can, you might as well buy a home version of the electronic sphygmomanometer, measure your blood pressure regularly every day, record it in time, and measure it many times, so that you can know the recovery of your illness like the back of your hand. Once you find abnormal blood pressure fluctuation, you must report it to the attending doctor in time and check and treat it as soon as possible.
Proper blood pressure measurement is stable.
When measuring blood pressure, patients with hypertension must keep a calm mind in order to measure more accurate blood pressure values. When measuring blood pressure, the surrounding environment is also important. Controlling the indoor temperature at 20 ~ 24℃ is the most suitable temperature for curing hypertension patients.
If the temperature is too low, it will accelerate the contraction of blood vessels, increase the pressure on the wall of blood vessels and raise blood pressure. Excessive temperature will also lower blood pressure, and the measured blood pressure value will be more accurate and easy to observe.
If you want to measure blood pressure more accurately, you must remember the above steps. When measuring blood pressure, you should keep your arm and heart at the same level to measure blood pressure more accurately.
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