High blood pressure treatment - if drugs do not work, there is a surgical option

With persistent high blood pressure patients are medically treated. But there are quite a few cases in which the standard medications do nothing. Here it is: do not give up, but go on.

Prolonged high blood pressure can be treated with the so-called "interventional renal sympathectomy. This is a surgical procedure .

The man has a certain group of nerve fibers , the amount of blood pressure control and monitor. These nerve fibers located near the kidneys , are sure to be deserted.

Studies have shown that persistent high blood pressure to normal Sun In a group of volunteers who had the procedure carried out, even after six months, a significant improvement was measured.

In 84 percent of the cases, the hypertension, the technical term for high blood pressure, as successful therapy are known.

The surgery itself is relatively straightforward and can be performed with a local anesthetic.



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