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Lifestyle changing during Ramadan for hypertension person
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  1. Lifestyle changing during Ramadan:

    • Stay hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids from Iftar until Suhoor to prevent complications that may occur.
    • Salt: Reduce salt consumption
    • Diet: Control food quality and quantity, avoid faty food
    • Physical activity: A while after iftar, go for a walk (4km at least), several times a week

  2. Medication during Ramadan:

    • Most medication prescribed for people with high blood pressure need to be taken once or twice a day. Typically these medications will have a 12 – 16 hour effect. The tablets can be taken at Suhoor, and during the evening at iftar.
    • Patients who have tablets prescribed three times daily are likely to have short acting drugs. For these patients, it recommended to ask their physicians.

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