Patient's question:
I am 20 years old. My mother has very serious hypertension, and I have inherited this trait through heredity. Recently, my blood pressure has become quite high. I want to take many antihypertensive drugs, but my mother says that once you start taking them, you cannot stop. I want to know if high blood pressure requires lifelong medication once medication is started?Doctor's answer:
In clinical diagnosis training, it does not always require lifelong medication. There are many factors in life, such as physical intergenerational inheritance, excessive training and overtime, emotional stress, high-salt diet, and so on—all of these can lead to hypertension. Pay attention to rest in life, prevent excessive training and overtime, develop good habits, eat a low-salt diet, exercise appropriately, follow up regularly, and gradually adjust medication treatment under the guidance of a doctor based on blood pressure values.