Get enough sleep.
Insufficient sleep disrupts the autonomic nervous system. In addition, with prolonged sleep deprivation can develop hypertension. Good sleep ensures proper and efficient brain function. The efficiency of your brain becomes much better if you sleep well.
Eat a balanced diet.
Proper and healthy nutrition provides the body with all the necessary substances for the normal functioning of all organs and systems. Normalization of nutrition helps to improve digestion and cure diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Limiting salt intake has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular and excretory systems. Excessive consumption of animal fats leads to obesity and atherosclerosis. Our health, disease prevention and life expectancy are largely dependent on proper nutrition. The harm of an unhealthy diet is manifested gradually. Therefore, many people often treat food with insufficient attention and seriousness.
Create new social connections.
Communicate with other people, find like-minded people, join an interest group. According to research, this activity is useful for lowering blood pressure. Lack of live communication always leads to internal tension, even if you feel quite comfortable being alone. Psychologists call this “social stress.”
Try to avoid stressful situations as much as possible.
Don’t allow yourself to pay attention to things and events that bring negative emotions. Do not create family problems, learn to discuss and solve them. Use your negotiation skills at work and at home. Learn relaxation techniques.
Hormonal changes due to stress can lead to high blood pressure, rapid heartbeat and narrowing of blood vessels. When the stress is over, blood pressure returns to normal. But frequent temporary jumps in blood pressure can lead to the development of hypertension.
Take care of yourself.
Do fitness, other exercises, attend massage sessions. Learn to have fun in your daily life. For example, make it a habit to eat slowly, focusing on the taste of food and how you feel. Take a walk in the fresh air, listen to your favorite music.
Also remember that sometimes it is normal to feel fear, anger and sadness. Living with our feelings, we help ourselves to restore psychological well-being. Allow yourself to experience emotions (including positive ones) as much as possible.
Ask for help.
Feel free to ask for help from your loved ones, relatives, friends, neighbors, if you need it. Asking for help can make us very happy. When you ask another person to help you, your relationship becomes closer. You lose the unpleasant feeling that you are alone and have to deal with everything yourself. As a result, all problems will be solved faster and easier.
See a doctor in time.
Many diseases that cause hypertension are either asymptomatic or with very nonspecific symptoms. Therefore, visit your doctor regularly so that he can detect such diseases in time (eg, atherosclerosis, hyperthyroidism) and prescribe the necessary treatment (eg, Methimez or Atorlip).