Hypertension: Prevention & Solutions

Prevent High Blood Pressure

Eat a Healthy Diet. Choose healthy meal and snack options to help you avoid high blood pressure and its complications.
Keep Yourself at a Healthy Weight.
Be Physically Active.
Do Not Smoke.
Limit How Much Alcohol You Drink.
Get Enough Sleep.

7 Drinks for Lowering Blood Pressure

Tomato juice. Growing evidence suggests that drinking one glass of tomato juice per day may promote heart health
Beet juice.
Prune juice.
Pomegranate juice.
Berry juice.
Skim milk.
Tea

Monitor yourself

Normal blood pressure is less than 120 on top and less than 80 on the bottom.
Prehypertension levels are 120-139 on top and 80-89 on the bottom.
High blood pressure, stage 1 is 140-159 on top and 90-99 on the bottom.
High blood pressure, stage 2 is 160 or higher on top and 100 and over on the bottom.

The following ranges of blood pressure:

	Systolic (mmHg)	Diastolic (mmHg)
Normal blood pressure	Less than 120	Less than 80
Elevated	Between 120 and 129	Less than 80
Stage 1 hypertension	Between 130 and 139	Between 80 and 89
Stage 2 hypertension	At least 140	At least 90
Hypertensive crisis	Over 180	Over 120

Is High Blood Pressure reversible?

When there's no obvious cause, doctors typically treat high blood pressure with medication. But certain risk factors are reversible, like quitting smoking, managing stress, following a healthier diet with less salt, getting regular exercise, and losing weight.

Medications for hypertension include:

diuretics, including thiazides, chlorthalidone, and indapamide
beta-blockers and alpha-blockers
calcium-channel blockers
central agonists
peripheral adrenergic inhibitor
vasodilators
angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
angiotensin receptor blockers

Citation:

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hypertension

https://familydoctor.org/condition/high-blood-pressure/

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