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预防和控制高血压 How to prevent and control hypertension Hypertension is the most common form of cardiovascular disease. Is a major risk factor for other cardiovascular diseases; Can cause serious heart, brain, kidney complication; It is a major risk factor for stroke and coronary heart disease. The worlds adult population is estimated to be between 10 and 20 percent in 2020 and about 600 million people, according to the WHO. Hypertension complicated with stroke survivors, 6 million, our country has more than 100 million patients with high blood pressure, the resulting economic losses, personal and social family burden is difficult to estimate. Medical research shows that a healthy lifestyle can reduce high blood pressure by 55%. Early and regular treatment of hypertension may also reduce the serious complications of hypertension by 5%. Hypertension can be prevented and controlled, so improve the understanding of the significance in prevention and treatment of high blood pressure, popularize knowledge of high blood pressure, strengthen the monitoring and prevention of high blood pressure is of great significance. This book aims at popularizing the knowledge of the prevention and control of high blood pressure, improving peoples self-care knowledge and improving the peoples health and quality of life. One, what is blood pressure? Blood pressure refers to the flow of blood in the blood vessels, the lateral pressure of the wall of the blood vessel. The amount of blood pressure measured in the brachial artery is expressed in terms of mmHg (mm mercury column) or kPa (1000 pascals), which is blood pressure. Normal blood pressure is systolic and diastolic. Systolic is the lateral pressure of the blood to the wall of the blood vessel when the heart is contracting. Diastolic blood pressure is the lateral pressure on the wall of the vessel when the heart is diastolic. When a doctor records blood pressure, such as 120/80mmHg, 120mmHg is systolic and 80mmHg is diastolic. What is ideal