Patient's question:
My husband has had high blood pressure for many years. His condition has been fluctuating, with blood pressure sometimes high and sometimes low. Occasionally, his blood pressure goes up to over 200. I want to know, can high blood pressure be treated with intravenous fluids to lower blood pressure?Doctor's answer:
Hypertension is a disease that is both prevalent and easily developed. Patients with hypertension should avoid intravenous fluid therapy for blood pressure reduction as much as possible. This is because hypertension requires a long-term chronic treatment process with medication, and lifelong adherence to medication is necessary. Sometimes, patients may want to use intravenous fluid therapy to enhance the therapeutic effect. In fact, intravenous fluid therapy carries a certain degree of risk. Moreover, the cost is also high. Therefore, intravenous fluid therapy should be avoided as much as possible for blood pressure reduction.