Hypertensive crisis - a sharp rise in blood pressure to a level that threatens the life of the patient. Its effects include heart attack, stroke, vascular disease, often resulting in disability. Prevention of hypertensive crisis include receipt of drugs, compliance with therapeutic diet and exercise.
medicines
If a person suffers from hypertension, then the chances of his hypertensive crisis. To reduce the risk of its occurrence, it is necessary to take antihypertensive drugs (this is an anti-high blood pressure, preventing high blood pressure).
These medicines include:
- Means of reducing the heart rate. The most effective - metoprolol, propranolol, atenolol, related to beta-blockers. These drugs reduce myocardial oxygen demand, resulting in not allowed the development of clinical disease manifestations such as burning sensation behind the breastbone.
- Calcium channel blockers. Such agents include, e.g., amlodipine and nicardipine, which dilates blood vessels and reduce the load on the heart muscle.
- Diuretics reduce pressure. Their use prevents vomiting central origin, which is one of the most dangerous complications of crisis.
- ACE inhibitors - enalapril and captopril. They are prescribed to prevent vasoconstriction.
- Angiotensin receptor blockers. With their help dilate blood vessels and decreases their peripheral resistance. These include such medication as Valsartan.
In addition, to help prevent a hypertensive crisis antispasmodics, such as No-spa.
therapeutic diets
When hypertension is necessary to adjust your diet in order to crisis prevention. Recommendations for a healthy diet is a doctor, taking into account the results of the ECG, ultrasound, blood tests and urine tests. Diet contributes to the normalization of blood pressure.
From a medical diet menu for the prevention of hypertensive crisis exclude products that lead to bloating and flatulence appearance. Also banned spicy and salty foods, fatty meats. The diet includes cereals, cooked vegetables, fruits, lean fish. Instead of salt recommended to use spices, herbs and garlic.
At night, you can not load. Food intake during the day must be four times, and the amount of water drunk was reduced to 1 liter. The best way to prevent hypertension drink infusions of rose hips. This helps normalize pressure.
Useful products, which are recommended to be included in the diet of a medical diet:
- cereals;
- egg white;
- rice, barley, millet, buckwheat;
- muesli;
- kefir;
- natural yoghurt;
- turkey and chicken.
In addition, should eat light vegetable soups, soup, casserole, salad, vegetable stew, hawthorn fruit, jelly, juice, dried fruits, slightly dried bread. Seasoned dishes low-fat sour cream or natural unsweetened yogurt.
When high blood pressure is not recommended to use the following products:
- pastries, bread;
- canned food;
- fat meat;
- alcoholic drinks, coffee, strong tea;
- cream desserts;
- semolina;
- pasta;
- milk products;
- bread, pastries;
- radishes, radish;
- grapes;
- mushrooms;
- sauces;
- ice cream, chocolate;
- smoked.
After suffering a hypertensive crisis prevention is required. Using purified diet organism, normal pressure.
relaxation techniques
Stress and anxiety often increase the pressure. Avoid a hypertensive crisis help relaxation techniques that provide the maximum relaxation of muscles. Sessions are conducted psychophysical unloading in a prone position or semi-sitting for 20 minutes:
- you need to close your eyes and arms extended along the body;
- should breathe shallowly, making a quick breath and slowly exhale;
- you must try to mentally relax the body (from the periphery to the center).
Relaxation techniques can achieve psychological relief, preventing the development of hypertensive crisis.
Physical exercise
When hypertension various useful exercise. But before you choose the type of load, it is necessary to consult a doctor.
For the prevention of hypertensive crisis is selected:
- cycling;
- swimming;
- walking in the fresh air;
- morning exercises;
- descent and climbing stairs;
- dancing;
- exercise therapy.
The load is increased gradually so as not to harm the body. After a while, switch to running outdoors. Because of this normal pressure and it heals the body. To prevent a hypertensive crisis, allowed cardio, but resistance training is contraindicated with the use of special equipment. At regular training reduces the load on the heart and reduced blood pressure.
