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Hypertension
Alternate Names : High Blood Pressure
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Hypertension Treatment
The goal of treatment is to reduce blood pressure to a level where there is decreased risk of complications. Treatment may occur at home with close supervision by the health care provider, or may occur in the hospital.
Medications may include diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), or alpha blockers. Medications such as hydralazine, minoxidil, diazoxide, or nitroprusside may be required if the blood pressure is very high.
Have your blood pressure checked at regular intervals (as often as recommended by your doctor.)
Lifestyle changes may reduce high blood pressure, including weight loss, exercise, and dietary adjustments (see "Prevention").
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• Definition
• Hypertension Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Hypertension Symptoms & Signs
• Hypertension Prevention
• Hypertension Diagnosis & Tests
• Hypertension Treatment
• Hypertension Prognosis
• Hypertension Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Acute Kidney Failure
• Aortic Dissection
• Atherosclerosis
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Essential Hypertension
• Glomerulonephritis
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
• Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
• Hypertensive Heart Disease
• Injury - Kidney and Ureter
• Malignant Hypertension (Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis)
• Polyarteritis Nodosa
• Radiation Enteritis
• Renal Vein Thrombosis
• Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
• Stroke
• Wilms' Tumor
Tests & Exams
• Blood Pressure
Other Topics
• Blindness
• Chest Pain
• Enzyme
• High Blood Pressure
• Weight Loss - Unintentional
Review Date : 7/18/2003
Reviewed By : A.D.A.M. Editorial. Previous Review by Andrew Koren, MD, Department of Nephrology, NYU-Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (11/29/2001).
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