Prevention of
Hypertension
Check your health regularly
Eliminate any cigarette smoke
Regular physical activity
Do a balanced diet
Important to get enough rest
Keep away from Stress
Manage How to control
Your diet with: Hypertension:
Sugar
Limit sugar comsumption to <50 grams Now your blood pressure (normal
1
(4 tbsp per day) blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg)
Salt 2
Control your blood pressure
 Limit salt comsumption to <5 grams (1 regularly
tsp) per day
 Use less salt when cooking High blood pressure often
3
 Eat less processed and fast food without symptoms
Uncontrolled blood pressure will cause
4 complication
Protein and Fat 5
Make sure the medication is
available at home
 Eat less fatty meat and cooking oil (<5
tbsp per day)
Medicine is important for
 Eat fish at least 3 times a week
6
maintaining your blood pressure
Fruits and Vegetables Take medication regularly and as
5 servings (400-500 grams) of fruits and
vegetables per day (1 serving is equivalent
7
directed by your doctor
to 1 orange, apple, mango, banana, or 3 tbsp Now the side effects of the
of cooked vegetables) 8
medicine you take
Be careful about using over-the-
9
counter medicines
 Risk Factor for Complication of
Hypertension: Hypertension Hypertension
Risks that cannot be modified Heart disease

Age
Stroke

Gender

Kidney disease
Family history (genetic)

Modifiable risks
Overweight (Obesity)
Smoke
Lack of physical activity
High-fat diet
Comsumption of excess salt
Dyslipidemia
Excessive alcohol consumption
Retinopathy
(damage to the
retina) Hypertension or high blood
pressure is a condition where
Peripheral vascular
systolic blood pressure ≥ 140
disease
mmHg and diastolic blood
pressure ≥ 90 mmHg)
Nerve disorder
Normal blood pressure is
Cerebral disorder 120/80 mmHg
Often referred to as The Silent Killer
(brain) because it is often without complaints

Psychosocial and sterss