High Blood Pressure Treatment
Hi i’m dr. billy all i’m a cardiologist for today i’d like to teach you about high blood pressure or hypertension high blood pressure is very common it occurs in 25% of adults it can lead to heart attack strokes and kidney failure and we don’t want that fortunately high blood pressure is easy to diagnose and to treat all you need is help somebody check your blood
Pressure using a blood pressure apparatus like so there are also electronic types of bp apparatus which are fairly accurate so how do you know if you have high blood pressure or not if your blood pressure is 120 over 80 or a bit lower that means that’s normal but if your blood pressure is 120 to 139 the systolic blood pressure the first number or your diastolic is
80 to 89 that means it’s a little high so we have to monitor it if your blood pressure is higher than 140 systolic or 90 days tonic that means it’s quite high and you may need to institute lifestyle changes and maybe take medicines later on and if your blood pressure is higher than 160 over 100 then that’s quite high and you need to see your doctor soon there are
Four effective lifestyle changes to reduce your blood pressure number one you have to lower your salt intake eat less so less salty food exert an extra effort to lower yourself if the intake it can reduce your blood pressure maybe by five to ten second you have to loose weight if you’re overweight if you lose ten excess pounds this can lower your blood pressure
By around five to ten points three you have to exercise walk more number four try to eat less meat and more fruits and vegetables there are four common medicines that doctors give for high blood pressure it begins with the letter a b c and b a stands for ace inhibitors such as your captopril this is the generic kind it’s good for patients who are diabetic or those
With heart failure unfortunately in 5% of cases patients may get cup so if you get caught we shipped it to another drug b is for back up blockers as exemplified by metaphor a lot it’s good for patients with angina palpitations or patients with heart disease so this is quite okay letter c for calcium antagonists we have amlodipine it’s a very powerful drug it’s
Good for patients with high blood pressure but in a few patients they may have leg swelling or edema and d for diuretics we have hydrochlorothiazide which we give to elderly patients so in summary you can create your high blood pressure with lifestyle changes and later on your doctor may give you medicines like so and don’t worry about these medicines they’re very
Effective and they can prolong your life by seven to ten years according to some studies so do yourself a favor get your bp checked today and i do hope you take good care of yourself for your family for you
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High Blood Pressure: Doctor's Remedies — Dr. Willie Ong Video 3(a) By Doc Willie Ong
