At present, patients or the public have many misconceptions about hypertension, interfering with the standard treatment of hypertension, the following clarify these misconceptions, so that we can scientifically and standardized prevention and treatment of hypertension. What are the important misconceptions in the understanding of hypertension 1, based on the feeling of medication As long as there is no uncomfortable feeling, hypertension does not need to be treated. This is a mistake! High blood pressure is measured with a sphygmomanometer, so you cannot “follow your feelings” to estimate blood pressure. 2, reluctant to take drugs prematurely Many young hypertensive patients worry that they have to take antihypertensive drugs for life, antihypertensive drugs will be like antibiotics to produce “resistance”, this is wrong. Antihypertensive drugs do not produce resistance, the sooner blood pressure control, the sooner you can protect the blood vessels. 3, blood pressure is normal, then stop taking the drug after the blood pressure has fallen to normal, then stop the drug on its own. This is a very harmful practice. The correct approach is to gradually reduce the dose and type of medication after the long-term blood pressure control has reached the standard, and the change in blood pressure should be monitored during the reduction process. 4, self-purchase drugs to take some hypertensive patients do not take drugs according to medical advice, their own advice from others, purchase drugs to take, these practices are blind and harmful. 5, the faster the blood pressure drops, the lower the better In fact, it is not. In general, antihypertensive treatment must master the principle of slow and steady, blood pressure falls too fast, too low, prone to ischemic events such as strokes. 6, “panacea” can cure hypertension Many advertisements claim that a certain drug, high-tech products, health food or health instruments can cure hypertension, without having to take antihypertensive drugs, these are pseudoscientific propaganda, interference with the standard treatment of hypertension, very harmful. 7, excessive trust in “natural medicine” antihypertensive part of the belief that the side effects of Western medicine, natural medicine side effects less. In fact, most of the pure natural medicine antihypertensive effect is not yet sure, do not blindly just use the so-called “pure natural medicine antihypertensive”.