Managing High Blood Pressure
Sahil Wani
The human body is a marvel of nature. Inevitably, every part of the human body is in a convoluted state of complexity, and be aware of dynamic manifestations of anatomy and physiology from microscopic to macroscopic organ levels is itself a vigorous strenuous deal.
Despite, having a body full of wonder and astonishment, we humans aren’t exempted from departure and ill-health. The word health refers to a state of complete emotional and physical well-being. Reciprocally, ill-health can be defined as a condition of inferior health in which some disease or impairment of function is present but is usually not as serious in terms of curtailing the well long activity. Now, a disease is a particular abnormal condition that inimically affects the structure and usual functions of all or part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is also sometimes listed as an austere condition or a serious medical status that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases. An estimated 1.13 billion people worldwide have hypertension, most (two-thirds) living in low- and middle-income countries. {Source- World Health Organisation}.
Hypertension or elevated blood pressure, also termed as HBP is disastrously a chronic situation that can last for years or be life-long. HBP is a vigorous condition in which the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high. Usually, hypertension is defined as blood pressure above 140/90 and is considered severe if the pressure is above 180/120 which needs immediate pinpointing treatment by a medical professional.
Friendly and satisfactory treatment of Hypertension consists of self-care and splendid directional lifestyles. The sensible prophylactic measures taken under consideration to prevent high blood pressure should be encouraged to make lifestyle modifications, such as eating a healthier diet, quitting tobacco and unnecessary smoking, and getting more workouts and exercises. Treatment with medication is preferably recommended to lower blood pressure to less than 130/80 in people older than sexagenarian age and those with risk factors of comorbidity such as diabetes and high cholesterol.
Treating high blood pressure patients involves lifestyle changes and possibly drug therapy.
A critical and thoughtful step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. You can lower your blood pressure with the following lifestyle changes:
• Losing weight if you are overweight or obese
• Quitting smoking and tobacco.
• Eating a healthy diet, including the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet {eating more fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products, less saturated and total fat}.
• Reducing the amount of sodium in your diet to less than 1,500 milligrams a day if you have high blood pressure; healthy adults should try to limit their sodium intake to no more than 2,300 milligrams a day (about 1 teaspoon of salt).
• Getting regular aerobic exercise (such as brisk walking at least).
• Stop Drinking Alcohol.
At length, you must encompass yourself under the spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies which are aimed to develop incrementing in Stress management. Eventually, endeavour efforts of Scientists and subsequent studies demonstrate that your body produces a surge of hormones when you’re in a stressful situation. These hormones temporarily increase your blood pressure by causing your heart to beat faster and your blood vessels to narrow.
There’s no proof that stress by itself causes long-term high blood pressure. But reacting to stress in unhealthy ways can increase your risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes.
(The author is a student of Science)