How do hypertensive patients spend hot weather?

Hypertension is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people, especially the hot weather in summer and early autumn, and it is also a high incidence period of hypertension, so how to prevent and control the occurrence of hypertension from the dribs and drabs around us is what our middle-aged and elderly friends should do. Learn more about common sense of hypertension care, and let the family around you add a bargaining chip for their health. Let's listen to how experts help hypertensive friends through hot weather: don't refuse to exercise: when the weather is hot, you sweat when you move, which makes many hypertensive patients, especially elderly hypertensive patients, discouraged from exercising. In fact, exercise can improve the elasticity of blood vessel wall, effectively improve the spasm of small blood vessels, and maintain good contraction and relaxation functions of large and small blood vessels. Some people compare exercise to "doing exercises for blood vessels", which is no exaggeration. Hypertension patients should also have some activities in summer. The key is to control the intensity and time of exercise. For middle-aged and elderly people, slow-paced and low-intensity whole-body exercise is the main method. For example, Tai Ji Chuan, Mulan Boxing, going up and down stairs, riding a bicycle slowly and so on. Some community fitness equipment is also a good choice, such as waist twisters and stretchers. The best time for exercise is at night, when the temperature is relatively low and the morning is relatively cool, but at this time, the blood viscosity in our body is relatively high, which is the high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so patients with hypertension are not suitable for excessive exercise. Pay attention to hydration: Some patients with hypertension, especially taxi drivers, long-distance bus drivers and long-distance passengers, seldom drink water in order to reduce the frequency of urination, which is very undesirable. In summer, due to the hot weather, sweating, blood concentration and less driving and cycling activities, it is easy to cause thrombosis. Therefore, patients with hypertension should first pay attention to replenish enough water and increase the intake of fresh fruits in summer. People with diabetes should give priority to green tea or cold water. Pay attention to "drinking a small amount of water many times" to avoid taking in a large amount of water at one time, which will overload the heart and kidneys. In addition, patients with hypertension are prone to stroke and heart disease in the morning, and some studies believe that it is related to water shortage at night. Therefore, when you wake up in the middle of the night, add some water to reduce the blood viscosity, which is beneficial to prevent thrombosis. The air conditioning temperature should not be adjusted too low: In summer, some people like to adjust the air conditioning temperature very low, especially when going home from outside, hoping to cool themselves down as soon as possible. When it is cold and hot, the blood vessels will suddenly change from the original relaxed state to the contracted state, which will pave the way for the increase of blood pressure. Staying in an air-conditioned room for a long time is a heat wave as soon as you go out, and your blood vessels dilate again, so your blood pressure will fluctuate all the time. If the patient reduces the dose again at this time, it will be difficult to control the disease. Regular daily routine: Under normal circumstances, people's blood pressure fluctuates throughout the day, and keeping the diurnal variation of this blood pressure is minimal, which is helpful for the protection of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In summer, patients fall asleep late at night and get up in the morning due to the summer heat, which leads to less sleep and lower sleep quality, which leads to higher blood pressure at night and greater blood pressure fluctuation, which aggravates the damage of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, patients with hypertension must pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling in summer, ensure adequate sleep, take a proper rest at noon 1 hour to supplement lack of sleep. Don't be too greedy for cold food: Because of the hot weather, many people like to eat cold food, especially when they just get home from outside, and like to drink a cold drink first to cool off the heat. In fact, this is very undesirable, especially for patients with hypertension.