Today, more and more people suffer from hypertension. This ailment affects both the older generation and young people. Hypertension is usually called a phenomenon in which blood pressure is constantly at a level above 140/90.
Against the background of this ailment, the walls of the vessels soften, due to which they become rough. This leads to the fact that calcium and cholesterol accumulate on them. From this comes the formation of so-called plaques, which make the vessels much stiffer. Blood cannot flow through them normally. There is a deterioration in the nutrition of the internal organs of a person. If the treatment and prevention of hypertension is not started in a timely manner, then this can lead to a wide variety of ailments, including stroke or myocardial infarction.
Drug treatment
Depending on the specific situation, the doctor prescribes certain drugs that belong to the group of antihypertensive drugs. Also, people suffering from this pathology should constantly consult with a cardiologist and monitor blood pressure.
If the treatment and prevention of hypertension is not carried out in a timely manner, then this leads to a worsening of the person's condition. As a rule, therapy includes taking Captopril, Lazartan, Ramipril, Enalapril, as well as diuretics. In some situations, the doctor may prescribe additional measures. For example, droppers for the prevention of hypertension can be quite effective.
Side effects of drug treatment
Undoubtedly, with the help of medications prescribed by a specialist, it is much easier for a person to deal with manifestations of hypertension. However, these drugs have a huge number of side effects.
Most often, when taking drugs to prevent hypertension and treat ailment, patients complain of dizziness, fluid retention, and a change in heartbeat. Also, taking medications can cause nausea and vomiting, excessive sweating, impotence, and frequent headaches.
If a person notices any of the listed symptoms, then in this case it is necessary to consult a doctor with a doctor and reduce the dosage of the drug (or even refuse it).
Some are afraid to take medications for hypertension, since they believe that there is a big risk of strong weight gain. However, these drugs are not capable of exerting this action. However, some of them cause swelling. In this case, most often additionally required to take diuretics. No less effective in the treatment and prevention of arterial hypertension is the diet and the use of alternative medicines.
Nutrition rules
First of all, in order not to aggravate the situation, it is necessary to try to remove cholesterol from the blood. It is he who becomes the most common cause of increased pressure. It leads to narrowing of the arteries.
It is necessary to include useful substances in the diet, which will favorably affect blood pressure. Best of all, boiled fish, low-fat sour-milk products, fresh berries and fruits cope with this task. It will also be useful to start using dried apricots, viburnum and decoctions of wild rose.
What should not be eaten
Primary prevention of hypertension includes the rejection of certain products. To get rid of an excess of cholesterol, you should exclude mayonnaise, margarine, smoked and fatty meat, lard, eggs, alcoholic beverages, strong rich broths and jellied meat from your diet.
It is also worth abandoning spicy, salty, fatty, sweet and flour foods. If a person cannot do without refined sugar or something sweet, then it is worth replacing it with honey. It is very difficult to refuse salt, but at least it is worth replacing it with sea salt.
What foods are recommended for the prevention of hypertension
To bring pressure back to normal, it is recommended that you always keep cucumbers, squash and pumpkin in the house. If you bake potatoes with the peel, then the patient can get a large amount of nutrients. Jerusalem artichoke is no less useful, since it helps to regulate the metabolism in the body.
Beetroot is a very effective way to fight high blood pressure. In addition, this vegetable cleanses the blood. Beetroot also helps to restore the vascular system and relieves a person of cholesterol plaques.
To prevent hypertension, experts recommend including sea kale in their diet. This food product is a remedy for sclerosis. This pathology very often develops against a background of high blood pressure.
It will be useful in the morning to eat buckwheat, oatmeal and other cereals. If we talk about oils, it is best to use corn, nut or pumpkin. Bread needs to be bought only with bran, since such a product contains much more fiber. It helps lower cholesterol.
Alcohol and smoking
Bad habits are absolutely incompatible with this pathology. Most often, recommendations for the prevention of juvenile hypertension include recommendations for refusing such addictions.
If we talk about smoking, then tobacco smoke enters the body (even with secondhand smoke) and negatively affects the state of the vascular walls. The mucous membrane is destroyed, which leads to vasospasm and the development of atherosclerosis too quickly. In this case, smoking leads to oxygen starvation not only of body cells, but also of the brain. If a person smokes even one cigarette per day, then, according to studies, this greatly affects the state of the cardiovascular system and exacerbates the state of hypertension.
Alcohol is categorically contraindicated for people with hypertension, especially those who have persistent high blood pressure. If a person drinks more than 30 milligrams of alcohol per day, then this leads to a sharp spasm of the vessels. In this case, the condition is significantly exacerbated. Therefore, speaking about the prevention of hypertension, it is absolutely necessary to refuse to take strong drinks, especially if a person has an addiction.
Anti-stress prevention
Since it is very harmful to experience nervous excitement with elevated pressure, it is important to take measures so that the patient is less nervous. To do this, you can go on a short vacation to the resort or the sanatorium. Psychotherapeutic sessions will also be effective. It is worth taking a massage course and start taking light sedatives (for example, "Glycine"). If a person lives near a busy highway or near a noisy stadium, it is worth thinking about moving to a more peaceful place.
However, any activities must be discussed with your doctor. Some procedures may be contraindicated in humans.
General preventive recommendations
In order to avoid the appearance of this disease or to alleviate the condition when receiving such a diagnosis, it is necessary to adhere to the general rules. First of all, you need to normalize your lifestyle. This means that a person should avoid stressful situations and strong physical exertion.
Standard measures for the prevention of hypertension include weight normalization and diet. All food is recommended to be steamed (or at least baked in an oven). It is necessary to add as little oil as possible to dishes and avoid animal fats.
Tea is recommended to be replaced with decoctions of herbs, such as lingonberry leaf or wild rose. You need to spend more time outdoors. It is also worthwhile to undergo a standard examination in a timely manner and visit a specialist. In the fight against a disease such as hypertension, traditional medicine can also help.
Unabi fruit
This product has excellent properties that help normalize blood pressure. At the same time, a large amount of cholesterol is excreted from the human body. Therefore, patients cease to complain of unpleasant pain in the area of the heart. Many also note getting rid of headaches. Therefore, unabi fruits are an excellent tool for the prevention of hypertension in the elderly.
In order to get rid of the pathology or at least reduce the risk of an attack, it is recommended to consume at least 8 fruits of this plant daily. By and large, this product is a kind of date.
There is also a special treatment course in which it is necessary to consume the fruits of this plant. To do this, you need to prepare a drug. It is necessary to pour 5 dates with several glasses of hot water and prepare the mixture in a water bath for 30 minutes. After this, the broth is infused for 10 minutes, filtered and wrung out. The next step is to add a little water to get the original volume.
It is necessary to take medicine 80-100 ml 3 times a day, 15 minutes before eating. In this case, it is necessary to constantly monitor the level of blood pressure. The course of such treatment is 14 days. Repeat the procedure only after 10 days.
Herbal bath
The primary prevention of arterial hypertension includes these procedures, since such treatment methods are considered the most effective if a person suffers from the first stages of the disease.
For procedures, it is necessary to prepare warm water, the temperature of which should not be higher than 38 ° C. In baths with herbs, you need to lie about 20-25 minutes 3 times a week. In this case, the body relaxes, strengthens the blood vessels. Also, herbal baths help normalize sleep, soothe and perfectly help get rid of overstrain in the daytime.
It is best to add decoctions to warm water prepared with the addition of motherwort, valerian, pine needles, chamomile or thyme. If these herbs are not at hand, then you can replace them with essential oils of the same plants. As a rule, 4-5 drops of aromatic liquid are enough for 1 bath. You can also add a little bee honey, table salt or sour cream to the water.
Effective treatments
Prevention of hypertension with folk remedies includes several more recipes that will help to quickly normalize blood pressure.
For example, you can finely grate a lemon, add a spoonful of cranberries and a little grated rosehip to it. All ingredients are diluted in 400 g of honey. The resulting drug must be taken on an empty stomach several hours before bedtime.
You can also make a mixture of May honey and onions. It will also require 25 grams of lemon peel. The prepared ingredients must be mixed with 200 ml of white onion juice and a glass of May honey. The resulting mixture is tightly corked and infused in a cold place. This liquid must be drunk after meals, 2 times a day, 1 tablespoon each.
Quickly remove the symptoms of hypertension with ice. For this, frozen cubes of water are applied to the cervical vertebrae. After this, it remains to wait a bit until the ice has completely melted. After that, the treated area is lubricated with warm vegetable oil. After that, you need to massage in this area.
Persimmon juice also has excellent healing properties. In order to prepare the medicine, it is necessary to grind 1 astringent fruit in a meat grinder and drink approximately 50 ml of such juice daily.
Along with cold treatments, you can reduce the pressure with hot water. It must be poured into the basin and lower your legs there. You can also try using mustard plasters, which are installed on the neck area. The procedure lasts about 20 minutes, after which the blood pressure is significantly reduced. Also, high pressure will help plantain and other natural remedies for the prevention of hypertension.
Features of the treatment of the elderly
Older people should be much more careful when using folk recipes. A person should clearly know whether he really has low or high blood pressure at the moment, since some procedures with heating or, conversely, severe hypothermia can give the opposite result.
It is also worth paying attention to the severity of the disease. In some situations, drug treatment is the only possible option to alleviate the patient's condition. All drugs must be selected individually. If a person decides to resort to traditional medicine, then it is necessary to inform the doctor about this and consult with him. It is also recommended that you exercise at least three times a week, but you can’t strain too much. It is worth including in your diet foods that contain potassium, magnesium, calcium and fiber.