What is hypertension?

WHEN TO SEEK
MEDICAL CARE?
A CHANGE IN A
HYPERTENSION
✴Chest pain or nape pain

✴blurring of vision
A biomarker for developing risk for
✴headache
cardiovascular diseases such as
stroke, heart attacks, or heart/renal
failure.

Causal factors have been

identified:

Excess body weight

Excess dietary sodium intake

Inadequate intake of fruits/

vegetables

Sedentary lifestyle (alcohol and

Benefits OF PROPER
smoking) MANAGEMENT

“High blood pressure,

1. prevent further complications what should I do?”
2. less financial hospital payments

3. immediate care can be done by

patient
 MYTH, LIFESTYLE, ACTIVITY, DIET, MEDICATION COMPLIANCE,

“WHAT SHOULD BE MY DIET?” PROPER MANAGEMENT

High Blood Pressure Can't Be Prevented. FALSE

is some good news about high blood pressure: Even if one has many risks, factors, there are steps that can
be taken to prevent high blood pressure:

Keep body weight at a healthy level -a combination of balanced food choices regular exercise, and
behavioral modification.

Eat a healthy diet -includes eating only the amount of food your body needs and including at least 2
servings of fish/week. Diet should be high in fiber, low in sugar and fat but rich in omega-3, found in
studies to reduce high diastolic blood pressure

Limit salt intake -of the sodium one eats is in the form of added salt at table or salt added during
processing and/or cooking of foods.

Limit alcohol.

Avoid tobacco, minimize exposure to secondhand smoke.

Avoid stress build up. The chemicals the makes in response to stress make the beat harder and faster and
cause blood vessels to tighten. All make blood pressure go higher.

ACTIVITY:
• Get plenty of rest; consult your physician if New symptoms
occur
• Get regular exercise-least 30 minutes of activity each day.
Exercise relieves stress and helps body weight.
• Exercise, especially brisk walking and yoga asanas like
pavanmuktasana, uttanpadasana and shavasana
• Hot foot immersion in case of high blood pressure accompanied
with headache.
MEDICATION COMPLIANCE:
• Take medications directly, if prescribe this will prevent increase i
blood pressure
• Some medications might be taken prior or post meal, as instructed by
the physician.
• Never self medicate, increase or decrease in amount of medication