What should you pay attention to when you have high blood pressure during pregnancy?

Women during pregnancy may develop various pregnancy diseases, such as gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced hypertension. When a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure, she becomes a high-risk pregnant woman. Throughout the pregnancy, especially in the late stages of pregnancy, pregnant women with hypertension must check their blood pressure regularly, otherwise they will easily fall into various health threats caused by gestational hypertension, which may endanger the lives of adults and fetuses in severe cases.

1. Precautions for pregnancy-induced hypertension in late pregnancy

1. Exercise moderately. Moderate exercise can prevent diseases. Choose some exercises that are suitable for pregnancy, such as prenatal yoga.

2. Reduce work. Fatigue can increase blood pressure. Don't push yourself too hard during pregnancy, try to reduce your working hours and don't be too tired.

3. Avoid traveling. Walking, going out shopping, etc. will not have much impact. However, you should try your best to avoid traveling, and short distance travel is best not to do so. Pregnant women at risk of gestational hypertension should strictly follow this rule.

4. Avoid catching cold. Your blood pressure will drop when you take a shower. After showering, you should quickly dry yourself and keep warm. Catching a cold will increase your blood pressure.

5. Eat less salt. Excessive intake will cause more water to flow into blood vessels, increase blood volume, and lead to high blood pressure.

6. Measure your blood pressure regularly. Always keep a blood pressure monitor at home and measure your blood pressure every morning. If your blood pressure suddenly rises, it is best to go to the hospital in time.

7. Reduce the intake of saturated fat. Women with gestational hypertension should reduce their intake of saturated fat and increase their intake of unsaturated fat. 2. What pregnant women with gestational hypertension should not eat

1. Use juice instead of water. Pregnant women are prone to bacterial infections due to problems with urination. If they drink juice or beverages instead of water, they are more likely to get infected. In addition, if they already have high blood pressure and proteinuria, they can easily develop renal failure.

2. Strong tea or black tea. Patients with hypertension should avoid drinking strong tea, especially strong black tea. Because black tea contains the highest amount of theanolide, it can cause brain excitement, uneasiness, palpitations and other discomforts, thereby increasing blood pressure.

3. Spicy and delicate food. Spicy and refined foods can make stools dry and difficult to pass, which can easily lead to constipation. When patients defecate, abdominal pressure increases, blood pressure rises suddenly, and cerebral hemorrhage is induced. Therefore, spicy and refined foods are prohibited for patients with hypertension.

4. Too much chicken soup. Chicken soup has high nutritional value, but drinking too much chicken soup will increase cholesterol and blood pressure. Chicken soup cannot be blindly used as a nutritional supplement for patients, otherwise it will only further aggravate the condition and do more harm than good to the body.

5. Too salty food. The main component of table salt is sodium chloride, which can cause an increase in extracellular fluid, increased body fluid excretion, and increased blood pressure. Therefore, patients with hypertension should limit their salt intake. Consuming too much sodium every day will cause blood vessels to constrict and lead to increased blood pressure. Therefore, patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension should limit their sodium intake to 3-5 grams per day.