Learn to take blood pressure at home for the benefit of the whole family.

In the past, monitoring blood pressure control was mainly based on patients to measure blood pressure in outpatient departments of hospitals. Now, with the increasing popularity of electronic sphygmomanometers, foreign authoritative guidelines increasingly emphasize the importance of family blood pressure monitoring. Especially in our country, there are still many people who do not know and understand their blood pressure. It is even more important to do a good job in monitoring family blood pressure. It is very important to measure blood pressure at home. Earlier discovery Liu Lisheng, chairman of the China Hypertension Alliance, pointed out that there are about 300 million hypertension patients in China, and the awareness rate of hypertension is only 42.6%, which means that more than Read More …

Frequently Asked Questions about Blood Pressure Measurement

Blood pressure, an indicator that everyone is very concerned about, is also one of the four vital signs of our human body (blood pressure, body temperature, heart rhythm, respiration). Blood pressure measurement is a necessary examination item. For patients with hypertension, measuring blood pressure is more important, including many people have electronic sphygmomanometers in their homes. Dr. Clove also talked about the posture of measuring blood pressure. Apart from the posture, there are many details that are also of concern to everyone. Let’s answer a few questions that everyone has asked more. Sit and measure? Lie down and measure? Generally speaking, there is a certain difference between the supine position blood pressure and the sitting position in theory, mainly for Read More …

Have hypertension, need to pay attention to when doing surgery

With the change of work and life rhythm and eating habits, hypertension, which threatens the health of the middle-aged and the elderly, is showing a trend of rejuvenation. In the work, it is also found that many patients who need surgery are complicated with hypertension. Does hypertension affect surgery? Hypertension must have an impact on surgery. After all, surgery is a kind of trauma, and anesthesia, etc. Blood pressure and surgery, anesthesia influence is mutual. However, the size of the impact depends on the physical condition of the patients undergoing surgery. Let’s look at it in several ways. Simple elevation of blood pressure If it is only a simple increase in blood pressure, the risk of anesthesia for patients is Read More …

When menopause encounters hypertension, it teaches you to deal with it easily.

As for menopause, the more appropriate term is perimenopause, which refers to the physiological stage in which women transition from childbearing period to menopause and enter old age. When women reach the age of 45-55, ovarian function gradually declines. Although many people pass menopause smoothly, some women are prone to emotional instability, anxiety, insomnia and fatigue under the influence of estrogen level decline, endocrine dysfunction and autonomic nerve disorder in the body, which is commonly called climacteric syndrome. Apart from the above symptoms, climacteric women are also vulnerable to hypertension. Before menopause, the prevalence rate of hypertension in women is lower than that in men of the same age, but after menopause, the incidence rate of hypertension in women will Read More …

If you have diabetes, besides blood sugar, your blood pressure should also be controlled.

Many sugar lovers only focus on blood sugar when treating diseases, believing that everything will be fine if blood sugar reaches the standard. In fact, this is far from enough. Don’t forget, hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia are collectively referred to as [three highs]. They often work hand in hand to harm the health of sugar lovers. Last time, I have already talked to you about the control of blood lipid. This time, let’s unveil another high veil, hypertension. Diabetes blood lipid control, click: Diabetes treatment, in addition to controlling blood sugar, but also adjust blood lipid Blood pressure control is not a trivial matter. For sugar lovers, due to diabetes itself, people who do not have diabetes are more likely Read More …

Cold weather blood pressure also to make trouble, how to deal with?

The weather is getting colder and colder, and many friends with hypertension find that at this time, the previously stable blood pressure is easy to rise. Many studies have also found that the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is also higher in winter. Why is this? How do friends with hypertension deal with fluctuating blood pressure? Blood vessels expand with heat and contract with cold, causing blood pressure to fluctuate. Blood vessels also have the characteristics of expansion with heat and contraction with cold. When blood vessels contract in cold, blood pressure will rise. When it is hot, blood vessels dilate, causing blood pressure to drop. Cold can stimulate the body to produce many changes to resist cold and Read More …

Chinese people are most likely to lack 3 kinds of nutrition, and 3 tricks will teach you to make up for it.

Now everyone’s living standard has improved, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and there are more fat people. Although it seems [fat = excess nutrition], in fact, according to the Chinese eating habits, we are still easy to lack some nutrition. According to the survey results of < Report on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases of Chinese Residents (2015) > >, insufficient intake of calcium, iron, vitamin A, D and other nutrients accounts for a large proportion. What are the specific nutrients lacking? How can I make up for it? Dr. Clove told you. Calcium deficiency As we all know, long-term calcium deficiency first affects bones, and many osteoporosis and fractures are caused by calcium deficiency. In Read More …

Can exercise prevent cancer? The answer, of course, is…

Yes. Recently, researchers at the U.S. Cancer Center published a research paper, saying that they analyzed the data of up to 1.44 million Europeans and Americans and found that exercise can significantly reduce the incidence of 13 cancers. Although there have been many articles on sports and cancer incidence before, this is by far the largest and most comprehensive one. Then the question arises, what kind of exercise can prevent cancer? How much risk can exercise reduce? Everyone should understand the four details to be discussed next. Can what Exercise Prevent Cancer? The paper studies [leisure time exercise], including walking, running, swimming, fitness, etc., which is what we call [exercise]. [Sports] related to the nature of work at ordinary times, Read More …