What are the principles to be followed in the treatment of hypertensive patients?

Hypertension is a chronic disease with a long course and difficult to consolidate the effects of treatment. Therefore, hypertensive patients must set up the idea of long-term fight against hypertension, closely cooperate with physicians and actively treat it. Specific treatment should follow four principles: early, long-term, individual and comprehensive. 1, early: a considerable number of hypertensive patients due to asymptomatic and ignore the treatment, when there is obvious damage to the heart, brain, kidney target organs before treatment, it is too late. Therefore, hypertension must be treated as early as possible to prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Early treatment requires early detection, health checkups are routinely necessary and should be given high priority once detected. 2. Long-term: Hypertension requires lifelong treatment, which is difficult to interrupt once treatment has begun and should be sustained to control blood pressure to an appropriate level. Before treatment, patients should know about hypertension, and every hypertensive patient must fully recognize the serious consequences of not treating or not adhering to the treatment, and consciously adhere to the long-term treatment to obtain satisfactory results. The treatment program should be simple, easy to be accepted by patients, and be able to adhere to long-term treatment. 3.Individuality: The treatment plan should be individualized, and a reasonable antihypertensive plan should be chosen for each patient’s specific situation, whether it is drug antihypertensive or non-drug treatment. 4, comprehensive: the treatment of hypertension is not a single method, but by a variety of programs combined comprehensive treatment, including not only drug therapy, but also non-pharmacological treatment, intervention and surgical treatment and other methods. In addition, the use of drugs to lower blood pressure advocate the use of combination drugs, which can increase the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy, reduce the adverse effects of drugs, and enhance the protection of target organs.