Simply high systolic blood pressure in middle-aged women may be primary hypertension or secondary elevated blood pressure due to pheochromocytoma, hyperthyroidism, etc. Depending on the cause of the disease, medication or surgery can be chosen.
1. Primary hypertension: primary hypertension should actively adjust the lifestyle, eat less high salt and high fat food, exercise properly, and take nifedipine, captopril and other antihypertensive drugs as prescribed by the doctor.
2. Pheochromocytoma: Pheochromocytoma will release catecholamines and lead to increase blood pressure, usually take surgical resection treatment, also can choose to take Phentolamine.
3. Hyperthyroidism: patients with hyperthyroidism may also have higher systolic blood pressure due to increased contractility of the heart muscle, which can be treated with antithyroid drugs such as methimazole and propylthiouracil.
Middle-aged women with high systolic blood pressure should go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination and give targeted treatment in a timely manner after the cause of the disease is clear.