Many people like summer very much. Summer evenings are more comfortable, but summer is not very friendly to some people, such as patients with hypertension. In summer, many patients with hypertension are prone to numbness and carelessness, because the high temperature in summer will lead to increased sweating, and the blood pressure of patients with hypertension will be reduced. Therefore, patients with hypertension will mistakenly think that their blood pressure tends to be normal. But in fact, in summer, many people have decreased sleep quality, neurological disorders, elevated blood pressure at night, and even the risk of hemorrhagic stroke. So how do hypertensive patients keep healthy in summer? What should hypertensive patients pay attention to in summer? This article brings the precautions and taboos of hypertensive patients in summer. Let's have a look.
Precautions for hypertension in summer
1. Keep monitoring your blood pressure
Keep in mind the changeable law of hypertension in summer, and don't relax the monitoring and observation of blood pressure. If you can often measure your blood pressure, it's best. Those who can't measure their blood pressure should also go to the clinic every 3 ~ 5 days, and the longest interval should not exceed 1 week. If it is found that the blood pressure fluctuates significantly with the sudden change of temperature, the interval should be shortened. If it is found that the peak valley difference between day and night is large or the fluctuation is irregular, go to the hospital for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to understand the fluctuation law of blood pressure, and take measures according to the doctor's advice.
2. Pay attention to cooling and summer vacation
The fluctuation of blood pressure in summer is mainly caused by heat, so the main countermeasure for patients with hypertension is to cool down in summer. Measures such as refrigeration, summer cooling, heat dissipation and cooling can be taken. Now there are many refrigeration methods. Patients with hypertension should be able to use air conditioning scientifically. The room temperature should not be adjusted too low, just keep it at 27 ~ 28 ℃, and keep the indoor temperature constant. Among them, the most worth advocating is swimming with bath water to dissipate heat. Swimming can not only take away too much heat in the body, but also consume excess nutrition, reduce blood lipid and blood sugar, reduce fat storage, and strengthen the body.
3. Adjust the dosage according to blood pressure
Generally speaking, the blood pressure has not decreased too much, and the dosage should be maintained. Some people's blood pressure is obviously low in summer. At this time, taking the dose in winter is easy to reduce their blood pressure too low, so they are prone to dizziness, insufficient blood supply to the brain, weakness of the whole body, and even lead to cerebral infarction or angina pectoris. Therefore, in hot summer, patients with hypertension should often measure blood pressure and make records. Then these records shall be timely told to the doctor, who shall adjust the dosage according to the patient's monitoring results. However, patients must not change their medication at will.
4. Dehydration prevention
Under normal ambient temperature, people need about 2300mL of water a day, and the total amount of discharged water is about 2300mL. The water in and out maintains a balance. However, in the high temperature environment in summer, the water excretion of the human body can reach about 3300 ml, and the water excreted by the human body during large amount of exercise can reach about 6600 ml. Therefore, to achieve the water balance in the body, the amount of drinking water should be adjusted according to the excretion. Drinking boiled water or low salt water containing no more than 1% salt can effectively supplement water. Of course, it can also be supplemented by eating fruits and vegetables.
It should be noted that do not wait until you are thirsty to drink water. You should form the habit of drinking water before you are thirsty; Often drink a small amount of water many times, rather than a large amount of water at a time; Weigh yourself before and after exercise. For every 0.5kg of weight lost, add 2 ~ 3 cups of water; Drink more water when the urine is dark; Water will also be lost during sleep. Drink a glass of water before going to bed and after waking up.
5. Life therapy cannot be relaxed
If you have formed a good habit of preventing and treating hypertension, don't abandon it because your blood pressure drops in summer. You should scientifically arrange your life 24 hours a day, eliminate risk factors and maintain good health habits. Such as getting up slowly in the morning, drinking a cup of boiled water or light salt water after washing, proper morning exercise, patient defecation, light and low salt diet, eight full meals, weight control, scalding your feet or taking a warm bath before going to bed, maintaining optimism, etc. we should adhere to it all year round and should not stop in summer.
6. Pay attention to your diet
Don't overdo salt
Excessive intake of salt will increase human blood pressure, so patients with hypertension should not eat too much salt in daily life, and pay attention to light diet.
Don't touch foods high in fat
If people eat high-fat foods for a long time, such as high-fat foods such as fat meat, fat will accumulate in the human body, resulting in their own obesity, and the blood lipid of the human body will rise, and even cause arteriosclerosis. Therefore, patients with hypertension should not eat foods with high fat.
Don't eat too much food with high cholesterol
If you eat foods with high cholesterol for a long time, such as animal viscera and seafood eggs (fish roe, crab roe, etc.), cholesterol will deposit in the blood, so patients with hypertension should not eat foods with high cholesterol.
Drinking is not advisable
Excessive drinking may cause the deposition of fat in myocardium, which may lead to hypertension, so patients with hypertension should not drink a lot of alcohol.