Uncontrolled factors of blood pressure in essential hypertension: from "patient's high blood pressure" to "hypertensive patient".
- Author:
Xing-Jiang XIONG
;
Jie WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Aged;
Antihypertensive Agents;
therapeutic use;
Blood Pressure;
drug effects;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Essential Hypertension;
Female;
Humans;
Hypertension;
diagnosis;
drug therapy;
physiopathology;
Male;
Middle Aged
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2014;39(7):1329-1334
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Hypertension is a significant medical and public health issue which puts an enormous burden on health care resources and the community. It is a chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure (BP) is elevated. Serious complications including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases would be preventable if the rise in BP with age could be prevented or diminished. The majority of hypertensive patients require long-term treatment. Oral antihypertensive drugs, lifestyle modification including exercise and dietary modification are milestones for hypertension therapy. However, the control rate of hypertension hasn't reached the expected requirements currently. "Three lows" status quo, just low awareness, low treatment, and low control, are still the major problems confronting modern medicine. Recently, uncontrolled factors of blood pressure are widely concerned, which include insomnia, constipation, mood disorders, exogenous, etc. What's more, the control strategies of hypertension should not only pay close attention to "patient's high blood pressure", but also to "hypertensive patient". Therefore, the treatment of uncontrolled factors of blood pressure plays an important role in hypertensive therapy, which could be further research priorities.
