“The Silent Killer”… a consultant internist offers several tips for patients with high blood pressure

Written by Rania Amer

Friday, November 17, 2023 11:00 PM

Dr. Mohamed Abdullah Kamel, internal medicine and kidney consultant at Fayoum Hospital, said that he fell ill Hypertension Or what is known as the “silent killer”, and this name is given to it as a result of the absence of clear symptoms felt by the patient, and the person suffering from it is not known until after measuring his blood pressure at the doctor, as the most important causes of infection with this disease are due to the risk of developing excessive obesity, in addition to the fact that it presents Several tips for patients to reduce high blood pressure.

Causes of high blood pressure

The consultant confirmed in a special statement to Al-Youm Al-Sabea that the causes of high blood pressure in nearly 80-90% of people are due to a family history of the disease, obesity, or lack of sporting activities and lack of movement. Or as a result of smoking, or people who snore during sleep .

However, 20% of individuals have high blood pressure as a result of a secondary cause, or suffering from some health problems in the heart, kidneys, or brain, or a hormonal imbalance. where The diagnosis of a patient suffering from high blood pressure is not called a patient with this disease unless the pressure is measured several times, and in that case it is more than 140 over 90..

Dr. Muhammad added that patients do not come to the clinic to complain about the issue of high blood pressure, but there are a number of stages that the patient goes through, which begin by eating fatty foods, after which he feels extremely tired, and then discovers that the pressure is high and then returns to its normal level again, until it reaches high blood pressure. Late chronic hypertension.

Several tips for high blood pressure patients:

The consultant recommended that patients with high blood pressure need to undergo several medical tests, including a kidney function analysis and a blood fat analysis. .

. Blood minerals and thyroid hormone tests were performed .

. It is necessary to constantly measure pressure .

. In addition to walking for half an hour on a regular daily basis, or every day for an hour and a quarter .

. A high blood pressure patient must eat vegetables and fruits, at least two types of fruits every day .

. Stay away from smoking .

. It is preferable to prevent salt from food or reduce it significantly, and it is possible to drink soaked hibiscus, which helps lower blood pressure. .