Hypertension is currently defined as a cardiovascular syndrome in which multiple risk factors interact, and can develop into coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, renal insufficiency, etc., resulting in disability and death of patients. There are 200 million hypertensive patients in China, but the awareness rate, treatment rate and control rate are very low. There are reasons here for doctors as well as for patients. The following are a few common misconceptions in the treatment of patients: 1. Known that their blood pressure is high, but no symptoms, they do not need anti-hypertensive drugs, thinking that once the drug can not be stopped. But it is important to know that high blood pressure is constantly damaging your body, as we mentioned earlier can develop into cardiac hypertrophy, atherosclerosis, until then it will be too late to use drugs, so early intervention is needed. 2, has carried out hypertension drug treatment, but do not pay attention to diet (high salt, high fat, high calorie) control, do not exercise or less exercise, can not control weight and smoking. In this case, neither good control of blood pressure, and will increase the risk of hypertension, increase the risk of metabolic syndrome, coronary heart disease, diabetes. High blood pressure is also a lifestyle disease, to close the mouth, open the legs. 3, in some patients with hypertension will say to the doctor not to give me a “good drug”, otherwise there will be no drugs available in the future serious. This is actually a very wrong understanding. By “good medicine” we mean long-acting anti-hypertensive drugs, not the strongest antihypertensive. For example, nifedipine tablets, its antihypertensive effect is very good, but its short duration of action, easy to cause blood pressure fluctuations, and blood pressure fluctuations are an important risk factor for cardiovascular events. So we should choose long-acting anti-hypertensive drugs. 4, hypertensive patients in the first consultation should do several basic tests, such as electrocardiogram, biochemical complete set and urinary routine, if possible, and then do a microalbuminuria. Biochemical tests mainly look at blood lipids, blood sugar, uric acid and other indicators. The electrocardiogram mainly looks at the presence of heart damage, and the urinalysis mainly looks at the presence of kidney damage. Hypertension cannot simply look at the level of blood pressure, but also depends on whether you have a combination of other risk factors, to see the risk of your hypertension, for comprehensive treatment. If you have high uric acid, diuretic treatment is not yet applicable. 5, advocate home self-measurement of blood pressure. Because a single blood pressure measurement at the clinic cannot reflect your blood pressure throughout the day, it is of course best to do a ambulatory blood pressure first. For example, if your blood pressure increases at night, then you should take a pill at night. But self-measurement of blood pressure should not be too frequent, which will aggravate the anxiety of some patients. 6, the treatment of hypertension lies in perseverance, do not arbitrarily reduce their own drugs, so as not to cause fluctuations in blood pressure, some patients in the summer blood pressure will be lower, under the guidance of a doctor, adjust the drug, but there are patients in the summer blood pressure will be more poorly controlled. 7, some patients taking antihypertensive drugs hope that in 2-3 days the blood pressure will come down. In fact, this is very dangerous, especially for the elderly. We want the patient’s blood pressure to gradually drop to the target value within 2-3 weeks. The target value varies depending on the condition. Too high, too low and fluctuating blood pressure are all harmful. Hypertension is a cardiovascular syndrome and we need to start with lifestyle changes, quit smoking, limit alcohol plus a combination of appropriate medications, and hypertension can be well controlled.