3 mistakes that cause people with high blood pressure to have a stroke during Tet

Subjective psychology: irregular blood pressure monitoring and medication

Tet is an occasion for families to go on spring outings, visit relatives, neighbors, etc. The diet, exercise, rest, and travel of people with high blood pressure are greatly disrupted. The disruptions in eating and living as well as "being too busy" make patients forget to measure their blood pressure every day.

Many people are busy going on spring outings, visiting friends and relatives and forget to bring their medicine with them to take. Others avoid buying medicine at the beginning of the year for fear of “running out all year long” while not having a ready supply at home, leading to running out of medicine. As a result, they have to “bite the bullet” and not take it this day, just leave it for the next day… causing blood pressure to spike at any time. When blood pressure rises, the patient will be at risk of stroke.

Forgetting to take medication will cause high blood pressure.

Drink a lot of beer and alcohol

Drinking alcohol to celebrate Tet is a Vietnamese tradition. However, alcohol is a “killer” for people with high blood pressure. For every 10g of alcohol consumed, blood pressure will increase by about 1mmHg.

Drinking a lot of beer and alcohol increases the risk of stroke during Tet.

The mentality of people with high blood pressure to only drink a little in each place makes the amount of beer and alcohol they consume "a little bit becomes a lot".

Alcohol not only reduces the effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs, but also increases blood volume. This can lead to sudden hypertensive crises, putting patients at risk of heart attack or stroke.

Eat lots of foods high in fat and salt

In addition, the common characteristic of Tet dishes is that they contain a lot of fat and salt such as pork roll, brawn, sausage, beef jerky, dried squid, pickled onions, pickled onions... These silent "killers" will increase the volume of circulation and make blood pressure rise even higher.

Combined with the previous habit of eating salty foods, this will be the last straw, causing these blood clots to increase in number and thickness, narrowing the blood vessels, blocking blood vessels and causing a stroke at any time.

How to correct mistakes?

To live a healthy life with high blood pressure, patients need to resolutely change the above mistakes. People with high blood pressure need to measure their blood pressure and carry their medication with them every day, take their medication on time, in the right dose, and not share their prescription with others.

You should limit foods that contain a lot of fat and salt such as meat jelly, dried squid, dried beef, sausage, beef jerky, pickles, pickled onions, pickled onions, etc.

Tet is also a time when it is very difficult to refuse drinking alcohol. However, people with high blood pressure need to adjust to drinking alcohol in moderation. Each person should not drink more than 50ml of strong alcohol, or 125ml of wine, or 300ml of beer per day.

10 seconds to save yourself when there are signs of a stroke

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