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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Uncontrollable HTN in Young women
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Cleveland Clinic - Heart
Cleveland - OH
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Uncontrollable HTN in Young women
by gitrdone, Oct 10, 2008 03:19PM
I was diagnosed with HTN at 22 yrs old, it seems to be a downhill battle. I am fixing to be 24 and we are still having problems controlling my blood pressure. My blood pressure had maintained within normal limits for about 6 weeks this summer with medicine changes and then started going back up. I have lost nearly 22 lbs, changed my diet, began walking regularly, and don't know what I need to do next. I have had several tests done and nothing seems to show anything, and I have had to restart a second medicine recently ANY SUGGESTIONS?.
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Oct 11, 2008 02:41PM
, Oct 11, 2008 02:41PM
I am assuming these tests are looking for rare causes of secondary hypertension. If negative then you will need a second medication and possibly continued weight loss to prevent the deleterious effects of longstanding uncontrolled hypertension.
