Should you take medication for initial high blood pressure

Patients with initial hypertension who do not have a very significant increase in blood pressure, especially younger patients, can be treated first with lifestyle interventions for a period of 1-3 months. However, if after 1-3 months of effective lifestyle intervention, the patient’s blood pressure is still high, oral antihypertensive drugs should be taken. This is because if the blood pressure is high for a long period of time, complications related to hypertension, such as heart failure, kidney damage, renal failure, and possibly even uremia, will occur. Initial hypertension patients can first exercise to lose weight, low-salt, low-fat diet, strict limitation of sodium intake, daily sodium intake should be controlled in the total amount of 6 grams or less, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, regular work and rest, to avoid fatigue, stay up late, more relaxation, it is possible to return to the normal level after the lifestyle intervention, and if it returns to the normal level, naturally, there is no need to take antihypertensive drugs.