I believe many people know that for most hypertensive patients, it is necessary to take antihypertensive drugs to control blood pressure, but there are some friends who are diagnosed with high blood pressure, but doctors do not recommend taking antihypertensive drugs. ,Why it is like this?
Under normal circumstances, antihypertensive drugs can indeed play a role in controlling blood pressure, but from a medical point of view, high blood pressure is divided into many types , not all patients with high blood pressure need to take antihypertensive drugs. Generally speaking, if the patient meets the following 4 conditions, the doctor is likely not to recommend the patient to take antihypertensive drugs.
1. White coat hypertension
White coat hypertension refers to When some friends measure blood pressure at home or in the community, the blood pressure value is in the normal range, but when they are measured in the hospital, they are emotionally nervous because of the doctor. In this case, it is easy to cause blood pressure to rise or even Excessive phenomenon. Faced with this situation, you can temporarily stop taking antihypertensive drugs, and observe for a period of time after adjusting your emotions, and then measure your blood pressure after your emotions are stabilized.
2. Borderline Hypertension
Critical hypertension means that the blood pressure value is close to exceeding the standard, but But still not exceeded. This situation generally does not cause much impact on physical health, so there is no need to control blood pressure by taking antihypertensive drugs. For these friends, they should pay attention to adjusting their living habits on weekdays and pay more attention to their diet.
3. Pseudo-hypertension
Pseudo-hypertension is easy to measure blood pressure by the patient This is mostly related to factors such as incorrect patient posture and too tight sleeves. Affected by these factors, the patient’s test results may be higher than the true blood pressure level. For friends with pseudo-hypertension, it is recommended not to take antihypertensive drugs for the time being. If there is no discomfort in the body, you can measure blood pressure at regular intervals. In the process of measuring blood pressure, you must ensure that your posture is correct. .
4. Primary Aldosteronism
Under normal circumstances, the human body secretes A substance called aldosterone, but under the influence of certain factors, this substance may be secreted too much, which may induce primary aldosteronism, and the typical symptom of this disease is increased blood pressure . For patients with such diseases, taking antihypertensive drugs may not have a good therapeutic effect. Patients should receive surgery as soon as possible, so as to achieve the effect of stabilizing blood pressure.
For the above four conditions, doctors may not recommend that patients take antihypertensive drugs, but this does not mean that everyone can ignore these conditions. In daily life, everyone still needs to develop good living habits and pay more attention to healthy diet, so as to effectively control blood pressure and prevent high blood pressure from coming to the door. In addition, everyone must learn to control their emotions and try to maintain a peaceful attitude when dealing with others, which can effectively prevent blood pressure from rising.