BLOOD PRESSURE & KIDNEY DISEASE

ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋɪᴅɴᴇʏ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

⬤ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐨?
✅ The heart is a muscle that pumps blood filled with oxygen to all parts of your body.
This job keeps every cell, organ, and system alive within your body.

⬤ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨?
✅ Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs.
The main functions of the kidneys: help control blood pressure, remove waste from the body, keep the balance of minerals in your blood.

⬤ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?
✅ When your heart or kidneys cannot function normally, it can lead to cardiovascular disease (heart disease) or kidney disease.
It is important to know that having kidney disease can directly affect your chances of developing heart disease.
Having heart disease can directly affect your chances of developing kidney disease.
In fact, kidney disease and heart disease share many of the same risk factors, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞

● Eat a Healthy Diet. Choose healthy meal and snack options to help you avoid high blood pressure and its complications.

● Keep Yourself at a Healthy Weight.

● Be Physically Active.

● Do Not Smoke.

● Limit How Much Alcohol You Drink.

● Get Enough Sleep.

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞

● Measure Your Blood Pressure on a Regular Basis.
✅ Measuring your blood pressure is an important step toward keeping a healthy blood pressure. Because high blood pressure and elevated blood pressure often have no symptoms, checking your blood pressure is the only way to know for sure whether it is too high.

●Manage Diabetes.
✅ Most people with diabetes—about 6 out of 10—also have high blood pressure.1 If your health care professional thinks you have symptoms of diabetes, he or she may recommend that you get tested.
If you have diabetes, monitor your blood glucose (also called blood sugar) levels carefully and talk with your health care team about treatment options.

● Take Your Medicine.
✅ If you take medicine to treat high blood pressure or other health conditions, follow your doctor’s or health care professional’s instructions carefully.

● Make Lifestyle Changes.
✅ If you have high blood pressure, you can help lower it by being physically active, eating a healthy diet, and making other lifestyle changes.

⬤ 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉: https://youtu.be/RD_bbpRtY5A
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