Know Your Numbers
Your blood pressure is less than 120 systolic (upper number) and less than 80 diastolic (lower number)
What is normal blood pressure?
Risk factors you can change. For example: Diet, Exercise, Smoking, Type 2 Diabetes
What are modifiable risk factors?
These lifestyle modifications can help prevent and/or manage hypertension. Name 2
What are diet, exercise, limiting salt intake, quit smoking?
Hypertension can cause this when blood vessels weaken and burst or clog within the brain
What is a stroke?
This is how long I should rest before taking my blood pressure reading
What is 5 minutes?
Your blood pressure is between 120-129 systolic (upper number) and less than 80 diastolic (lower number)
What is elevated blood pressure?
Risk factors you cannot change. For example: Age, ethnicity, gender etc.
What are non-modifiable risk factors?
Take antihypertensive medication as prescribed. Name 1 antihypertensive medication
What are metoprolol, carvedilol, losartan, amlodipine?
Hypertension can cause damage and narrowing to arteries within your heart causing this
What is heart disease/heart attack?
Never do this to your legs while taking your blood pressure
What is crossing them?
Your blood pressure is higher than 180 systolic (upper number) and/or higher than 120 diastolic (lower number)
What is hypertensive crisis?
Risk Factor: High Cholesterol
Eat these types of fats to increase your HDL (the good cholesterol) and name 2 sources
What are healthy fats?
What are avocados, nuts, seeds, fatty fish like salmon, olive oil?
This is how many milligrams (mg) of sodium I should limit to per day
What is 1500mg?
Hypertension can cause damage and strain to vessels in the eyes causing this
What is vision loss?
Position your body like this prior to taking your blood pressure
What is sitting upright with feet flat on the floor?
Your blood pressure is 140 or higher systolic (upper number) or 90 or higher diastolic (lower number)
What is Hypertension stage 2?
Risk Factor: Inactivity
The American Heart Association recommends this number of minutes of exercise per week
What is 150 minutes or 30 minutes 5 times a week?
Avoid active smoking and this: an environment where you may be exposed to passive smoking
What is second-hand smoke?
Hypertension can cause enlargement and strain on the heart which make it difficult to supply blood to the body causing this
What is heart failure?
This is where I should record all blood pressure readings
What is blood pressure log?
Your blood pressure is between 130-139 systolic (upper number) or between 80-89 diastolic (lower number)
What is hypertension stage 1?
Risk Factor: Other medical conditions
Ask your doctor about a sleep study to evaluate you for this hypertension risk factor
What is OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea)?
Know your numbers: this is how many times per day you should check your blood pressure at home
What is 2 times a day?
Hypertension can cause damage to the vasculature around the kidneys and make it difficult to filter blood causing this
What is kidney disease/failure?
Avoid these things 30 minutes prior to taking your blood pressure at home. Name 2
What are eating, having caffeine, drinking alcohol, smoking, strenuous activity, stressful situations?