11/27/2012

Hypertension patient diary

" This month is measurement of blood pressure in 57, diastolic blood pressure on the low side appeared 10 times, respectively is 50 mm Hg, 55 mm Hg, 50 mm hg ... ... Hypotension numbers are a bit more, need to adjust the dosage. "

After listening to these words, you might think is a doctor for patients to explain the condition, but in fact, this is a hypertensive patients to physician narratives of their illness, and he is based on the hands of the thick " diary " of hypertension. " Diary of hypertension patients have many advantages, mainly in four aspects. " Beijing An Zhen Hospital department director Yu Zhenqiu said of hypertension.

Timely monitoring of blood pressure, peak value

Blood pressure of human body has two peak periods, respectively, and 6 points to 8 points. This time, occurs readily in patients with abnormal blood pressure, and this period patients and is often not in the hospital, cannot get effective monitoring. Therefore, if the patients can these blood pressure values recorded, for the doctor to make accurate judgments be of great advantage.

Objective, avoid follow the feeling

For many patients, the nervous system of the body has become somewhat " numb ", therefore, patients sometimes feel with actual measurement results from. Therefore, if the visit by subjective " follow the feeling ", will give doctors to provide objective information, so that the doctor can not tailored to the patient's objective selection of treatment scheme.

Accurate adjustment of medication, more scientific

The doctor will according to the patients with blood pressure status on medication adjustments. For example, in patients with previous use of short-acting antihypertensive drugs, if adjusted for long-acting drugs may exhibit elevated blood pressure period. Therefore, if the patients can take the blood pressure values recorded, is convenient for the next visit the doctor on before the adjustment is proper to make accurate judgments.

Save time, improve the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment

If the patient is able to write diary by hypertension doctors to provide accurate and complete information, so to improve the service efficiency, saving valuable medical resources, on the other hand, the doctor also can provide more scientific diagnosis and treatment.

Tips

Hypertension journal focus in mind?

Each patient was different, hypertension diary records the content are not the same. But the principle is to focus on the recording of " emptiness " blood pressure values -- early, late 6 points to 8 points in the two period. These data on physician to make an accurate diagnosis is very important. In addition to blood pressure values, patients can also record their own diet and exercise status, especially the body does not appear to, for example, eating what food, what movement after the appearance of the fluctuations in blood pressure, should be promptly recorded, these data will give doctors provide very valuable reference.



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