How to Prevent Hypertension | Complete Guide [2021]

 

How can you prevent hypertension?

 

So far, hypertension ranks among the first diseases that kill many people annually from young people to aged people all over the world. Though this state is disastrous, we are going to examine how you can prevent this condition of rising in hypertension, So please keep reading on

Table of content:

•    What is hypertension?
•    Symptoms associated
•   What are the root causes of hypertension?
•   Associated risks with hypertension
•   Measures to avoid hypertension

# 1. Getting to know well what is hypertension

 

Hypertension, hypertension is high blood pressure, it means increased blood pressure against blood vessel.

By measurements, high blood pressure is considered above 140/90, but it is considered severe when it is above (180/120) mm/hg. The upper number represents systolic pressure (it measures pressure in arteries during a heartbeat) and the lower number represents diastolic pressure (it measures the blood pressure between heartbeats)

#2. Symptoms for hypertension

Though you can have hypertension for many years without observable symptoms, its effects come after and it reveals the condition. but some symptoms are severe headache, nose bleed, difficult breathing, irregular heartbeat, blood in urine, and others.

 Hypertension can be in four stages:

• Normal hypertension
• Pre-hypertension
• Moderate hypertension
• Severe hypertension

       

#3. What are the root causes of hypertension?

For aged people, there are identifiable causes of high blood pressure, gradually it can develop over many years and this is primary hypertension, but it can be developed in some people because of different habits, conditions, and medications. Examples are kidney diseases, adrenal gland tumors, thyroid problems, blood vessels' born defects, illegal drugs like cocaine and amphetamines, and medications like birth control drugs.

Other factors that can lead to hypertension are

• Consuming a meal rich in sodium: since it makes our body retain fluid which can lead to high pressure
• Insufficient potassium in our diet: potassium reduce sodium from the cells, it should be enough in our meal
• Taking too much alcohol: at least for women they have to take only one glass per day and for men, they have to take a maximum of two glasses per day
• Aging
• Stress/anxiety
• Smoking. it not only have a disastrous effect on the lungs but also their chemical compositions cause the formation of plaque in blood vessels which increase blood pressure against blood vessels   

      

#4. Associated risks with hypertension

Hypertension leads to other diseases including heart failure (failure to pump blood), heart stroke or heart attack, blood vessel narrowing, dementia, torn blood vessels in the eye that can lead to the loss of vision.

#5. Taking measures 

Hypertension is a terrible disease that can even lead to death, so it is worth setting measures to prevent it and to initiate a recovering strive to the normal state if you are struggling with the disease. All you need is to adjust your lifestyle to be able to control and manage hypertension.

• You need to eat a monitored healthy diet that contains less salt

• Regularly monitor your blood pressure to check your blood pressure condition

• Have regular physical exercises to stretch out your body and if you have overweight to reduce weight

• Reduce alcohol consumption

• You have to manage stress. You can be interactive with others or find other leisure activities to calm down your stress

• Be determined to quit smoking since no positive outcomes for your body are found in smoking 

    for discovering more information about measures to take I recommend you to follow the following link 👉 10 ways to control high blood pressure without medication 

    

             

 

 

In Conclusion

It is not too late to mend for you who happened to have hypertension, there is still hope for life even though its risks seem intimidating but through breaking some underlying habits like smoking that greatly have a devastating effect on your health, consuming alcohol, birth control pills, I assure you that your conditions can show remarkable improvements.

If you take into practice all suggested measures and consult a doctor if needed, you’ll find it possible to achieve the goal. So don’t give up if you have hypertension and if you don’t, it is better to plugin all suggested preventive measures into your lifestyle.

I hope you revived the hope to keep fighting and also, I hope you found this information helpful to achieve the goal of healthy life. If you have something to share with me don’t hesitate to contact me, or leave a comment and I’ll make sure to respond as soon as possible hope to see you on the next health-tip update.