High pressure is not “working”!
There are people, especially the elderly, which, when blood pressure 180/100 and 200/110 mm Hg, even with feel quite well and believe that it is their working pressure, which is treated completely unnecessary. And what they think about it cardiologists?
“This is the most common mistake people who refuse to accept drug at high rates of blood pressure.
You have to understand that the risk of complications of hypertension (heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, decreased vision) are equally high, as patients who feel their high blood pressure (headaches, dizziness, pain in the heart) and those who no matter what not complain.
Statistics show that 50% of people with high blood pressure, are not even aware of this.
And we must once and forget about the fact that there are “working pressure”! Doctors often have to see patients who are at a pressure of 200/110 feel quite normal, but with increasing blood pressure to 250/130 mm Hg they have a little headache.
Such patients convince the start of treatment is very difficult, because they firmly believes in his great “working pressure”. But to reduce the pressure they need, because they almost hourly risk of death.
It was long thought that older people increase in systolic (upper) pressure to values of 160-170 mm Hg because of atherosclerotic vascular lesions is a normal.
But today it is proved that such hypertension should be treated to reduce the number and frequency of complications and reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease.
