I don't quite understand hypertension medication.
It treats high blood pressure to lower the number for its own sake, but isn't hypertension really a symptom stemming from a root cause?
It treats high blood pressure to lower the number for its own sake, but isn't hypertension really a symptom stemming from a root cause?
It's a bad vibe that I have to take pill every morning. If there was some way to avoid it I would. If I stop my high goes up to 180.
What's the root cause? Born that way?
Disappointingly, it made no difference to my blood pressure over at least a month.
What it did do is reset my taste for salt. Any outside food tasted so salty at first it was yucky. That wore off after a while.
There is one thing that seems to make a difference and that is consciously drinking a lot of water. This lowers by BP but it has other affects I don't like.
They've concluded that continuing to study me will cause more stress and that I am otherwise healthy - I just need to continue taking my blood pressure medications.
Sometimes it is just something that happens and needs treating by itself
As the article mentions, some people have a genetic mutation that makes them much more likely to have hypertension even if they're doing everything "correctly".
Sure, in some cases it's lifestyle related; the medications lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia, etc. while someone deals with their obesity, diet or other issues.
What causes the inflammation? There are several causes, including vaso-constrictive drugs like cocaine, but one major cause is high uric acid due to high fructose (caused by high fructose dietary intake or high sodium intake, which over a long enough time, will cause the body to convert glucose to fructose, which then goes along the high fructose dietary intake path)