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KNOW ABOUT

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE?

WHAT IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

WHY IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BAD?

WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS AND

CAUSE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

Your age

Your Gender

Family history

Your Race or ethnicity

WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS AND

CAUSE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

CAN I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

EVEN IF I FEEL OK?

Maintain Weight – with the help of diet and aerobic

exercises you should maintain ideal wt.

HOW IT CAN BE CONTROLLED?

HOW IT CAN BE CONTROLLED?

Change of life style -

quite smoking &

alcohol consumption.

If you have problems

of stress, contact

doctor about stress

management.

Manage

HOW IT CAN BE CONTROLLED?

Eat healthy Diet

Avoiding salt – A normal person need 6gm salt per day, if you have high blood pressure-Eat less than 2400 mg ( 1 table spoon) each day of salt. Avoid high salt diet like- papad/ pickle/ namkin/ samosa/ kachori etc.

HOW IT CAN BE CONTROLLED?

Modest exercise -

Begin with a brisk

15-20 minute walk 3

times a week

increasing to 30

minutes most days

of the week. You can

do swimming,

bicycling etc.

HOW IT CAN BE CONTROLLED?

Medications – Take

it regularly as

prescribed by your

doctor.

Do not reduce dose

or stop medication

on your own – It can

be very dangerous.