Hypertension also known as high blood pressure (HTN)

Hypertension is a very common medical problem among the American population and is Especially important because often patient with hypertension have no symptoms and only find out their blood pressure is high when the end up having a stroke or heart attack or end up with kidney failure.High blood pressure or hypertension is commonly associated with being overweight or eating too much salty food or sedentary lifestyle also can be exacerbated by alcohol and stress lack of sleep or sleep apnea.However some patients have high blood pressure which is primarily hereditary and genetic and even though they are healthy and have a good healthy lifestyle still can have elevated blood pressure requiring medical treatment which is very important to prevent complications of high blood pressure.Uncontrolled blood pressure can lead to strokes kidney failure congestive heart failure which is very important as all of these medical illnesses can be permanently disabling if they are not treated in a timely manner

We first guide patients with high blood pressure hypertension on lifestyle changes to lower blood pressure.  However if patient cannot get blood pressure down with lifestyle changes then this could be genetic or hereditary and there multiple medication which are effective for lowering blood pressure which are well-tolerated by most people Will feel much better with treatment once in blood their blood pressure is under good control because their heart and cardiovascular system is no longer under the stress of the increase blood pressure