Treatment-resistant hypertension (trHTN) is defined as blood pressure that remains high despite treatment with three or more antihypertensive medications. It is an especially dangerous chronic disease because of its association with increased cardiovascular risk, including stroke and heart attack, as well as heart failure and kidney disease.
Here are a few facts you should know about treatment-resistant hypertension :
Approximately one in ten people with high blood pressure (nearly 100 million people worldwide) are treatment-resistant.
It is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney disease and death.
Drugs alone are not always effective in treating high blood pressure.
Diabetes and protein in urine, kidney failure are often associated with uncontrolled hypertension
Treatment-resistant hypertension patients have a 3-fold increase in risk of cardiovascular events compared to individuals with controlled high blood pressure.
The number of people who cannot get their blood pressure under control using three or more medications has increased by 62 percent in the past 20 years.
Dr.Jigar Shrimali offers :
Management of poorly controlled/ resistant Hypertension
Hypertension related kidney conditions
Management of poorly controlled diabetes
Diabetes with protein in the urine, kidney failure and problems
