Hypertension Management: Essential Tips for Patients

  Overview Understanding the key aspects of managing hypertension can significantly enhance your health and well-being. This guide provides valuable tips for those dealing with high blood pressure. Daily Routine Adequate Sleep : Aim for 7-8 hours of sleep per night. Balanced Rest and Work : Ensure your rest is proportionate to your daily workload. Physical Well-being Regular Breaks : Incorporate 15-20 minute breaks to lie down or sit with elevated legs. Posture During Work : For desk jobs, periodically stand for 3-5 minutes to alleviate pressure. Mental Health Stress Management : Opt for lying down or sitting with elevated legs during stressful periods rather than pacing. Sleep Hygiene Leg Elevation : Slightly raise the bed at the foot by 7-10 cm, especially for those with less sleep at night. Use a higher pillow if needed. Morning Routine Gradual Transition : Move slowly from lying down to standing up in the morning. Gentle Exercises : Start the day with light exercises, avoiding stre

Peace of mind can prevent and control hypertension

 Core tip: in patients with hypertension, about half of the patients can not find the physiological cause of increased blood pressure, which is called primary hypertension. The causes of essential hypertension are very complex, but psychological factors play an important role in the occurrence of the disease.


Blood circulation is the most important physiological function of the human body. If the circulation system has problems, it will endanger people's life. Hypertension is the most common circulatory system disease. If the blood pressure exceeds the standard value for a long time, it may induce cerebral hemorrhage and other serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and even cause sudden death.

In patients with high blood pressure, about half of the patients can not find the physiological reason for the increase in blood pressure, which is called primary hypertension. The causes of essential hypertension are very complex, but psychological factors play an important role in the occurrence of the disease.

Clinical studies have shown that people prone to hypertension often have some special psychological characteristics or personality characteristics. For example, people who often have volcanic eruptive emotions, people who have been depressed or hostile for a long time, or who love to be sulky for a long time, those who are impulsive in their behavior, who are aggressive in fighting with others, and those who are eccentric and melancholy in character, are most likely to suffer from hypertension.

The blood circulates under the dynamic pressure. The psychological stress reaction caused by environmental pressure will increase the blood pressure obviously. And when the psychological recovery calm, blood pressure tends to fall back. Many studies have shown that family environmental stress, especially in childhood, has a significant impact on the occurrence of essential hypertension. The early death of parents, divorce or discord between parents, strict or inconsistent parental discipline, and the uncoordinated relationship between mother and son or father and son make children experience tension, opposition, and anxiety from childhood and their emotions are often excited and uneasy, resulting in sustained tachycardia and elevated blood pressure. Besides, there are many facts that people with low social status and high economic pressure are more likely to suffer from such diseases.

Because the occurrence of primary hypertension is related to psychological factors to a great extent, so in the treatment and prevention of this kind of disease, we should also proceed from this aspect.


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