How to effectively treat high blood pressure?

Hypertension is very harmful to the human body. Although it is a common disease, many people are still troubled by this disease. This is a disease that requires long-term attention. The patient's emotions cannot fluctuate, and the diet must be reasonably controlled. Once the patient is mentally stimulated, the blood pressure will gradually rise, and severe cases may even affect life. If you don’t understand, you can continue to pay attention to how to effectively treat hypertension.

1. Treatment objectives and principles

The ultimate goal of antihypertensive treatment is to reduce the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in patients with hypertension. Antihypertensive treatment should establish blood pressure control target values. On the other hand, hypertension often coexists with other risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as hypercholesterolemia, obesity, diabetes, etc., which synergistically increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Treatment measures should be comprehensive.

(1) Improve lifestyle behaviors ① Lose weight. ②Reduce sodium intake. ③Supplement calcium and potassium salts. ④Reduce fat intake. ⑤Increase exercise. ⑥Quit smoking and limit drinking.

(2) Individualization of blood pressure control standards Due to different causes and different pathogenesis of hypertension, clinical medication should be treated differently to select the most appropriate drug and dosage to obtain the best therapeutic effect.

(3) Collaborative control of multiple cardiovascular risk factors: Although blood pressure is controlled within the normal range after antihypertensive treatment, multiple risk factors other than elevated blood pressure still have an important impact on prognosis.

2. Antihypertensive drug treatment

(1) Types of antihypertensive drugs: ① Diuretics. ②β-receptor blockers. ③Calcium channel blockers. ④Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. ⑤Angiotensin II receptor blockers.

(2) Treatment plan: Most patients without complications or comorbidities can use thiazide diuretics, beta-blockers, etc. alone or in combination. Treatment should start with a low dose and increase gradually. In actual clinical use, the patient's cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage, complications, comorbidities, antihypertensive efficacy, adverse reactions, etc. will all affect the choice of antihypertensive drugs. Patients with stage 2 hypertension can be treated with a combination of two antihypertensive drugs from the beginning.

Regarding the treatment of hypertension, you must pay attention to many aspects in your daily life, don't be too happy or sad, don't be too excited, and exercise appropriately. Many patients with hypertension will later develop cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so everyone should pay attention to it, go to the hospital for examination, and take antihypertensive drugs on time if necessary. I hope the above content will be helpful to everyone.