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Check your symptomsDon’t Ignore These 7 Essential Lifestyle Changes For Hypertension Treatment
April 20, 2020
Living with essential lifestyle changes for hypertension can make a key difference in achieving good blood pressure control in the shortest time possible. Read about the most important ones here.
By Fisayomi Aturamu. Updated August 2023
Hypertension literally means high blood pressure.
A person is said to be hypertensive when their blood pressure is higher than normal.
Blood pumped from your heart travels all over the body through blood vessels.
The pressure of blood against your blood vessels as it moves through your body is what is known as blood pressure.[1]
When this pressure is greater than normal, it becomes a problem.
Learn about the causes of high blood pressure here.
So you have been diagnosed with hypertension or know someone who has hypertension.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed, but the good news is you don’t have to fret – high blood pressure can be controlled.
Take one day at a time.
The following are practical ways that will help you get started on the lifestyle changes that would help improve your health.
They can, in addition to medication, make a big difference in the control of your blood pressure.
Lifestyle modification should be the first step for anyone with hypertension.
But bear in mind that each of these lifestyle changes is beneficial when used alone, but they have the greatest effect on your health when used together.[3]
Remember to take each day one step at a time.
Old habits are hard to change.
However, if health behaviours are modified at a slow and steady pace, they become sustainable.
These behavioural changes in diet or exercise should not cause side effects if done the right way.
Rather, they make medications work more effectively.
They also increase your sense of well-being and have overall health (and mental health) benefits that go beyond reducing your high blood pressure.[7]
Here are some more tips about managing your blood pressure.
But apart from taking blood pressure medication, taking on these essential lifestyle changes for hypertension can help to reduce the risk of future complications.
Now which of these changes do you think will be most tricky for you to start today?
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