Therefore, controlling blood pressure is more than just cope with hypertensive disease itself, but rather to prevent complications of damage to other organs.
The most important step in controlling blood pressure is lifestyle modification.
"Patients with hypertension despite taking medication that does not mean so-free diet, still need to live a healthy lifestyle," says one of the founders of the Indonesian Society of Hypertension (InaSH), dr. Arieska Ann Soenarta, SpJP (K) in a press conference of 11th Scientific Meeting of InaSH in Jakarta, Thursday (02/23/2017).
Ann said that high blood pressure is influenced by lifestyle. Here are six lifestyle modifications that can be done to control blood pressure as summarized Kompas.com of InaSH.
1. Stop smoking
Harmful substances in tobacco smoke can damage blood vessels. Slowly, the blood vessels can narrow and harden. As a result, the risk of high blood pressure is increasing.
