When Do You Need Medication for High Blood Pressure?#MedicalBenefits 11

1. You will find a detailed explanation of the topic in this lecture: https://youtu.be/28f0Ap05PKY

2. People who have blood pressure in the range of 130-139/85-89 should make sure they have masked hypertension or white-coat hypertension as mentioned above. 3. We conducted a survey asking: Question to answer: A man in his fifties, non-smoker, his blood sugar is 110 and his total cholesterol is 230 and the rest of the fats are on the edge (not high nor ideal), and his blood pressure is 138 on 88, and it did not decrease despite being given by the doctor for months to lower it. Does he need medication to lower blood pressure? To answer this question, we assumed that the fats of this patient are as follows: HDL = 40 mg/dL LDL = 150 mg/dL To be as in the question (on the edge), meaning close to high fats, the probability of his heart and artery diseases in the next ten years was: 10-year ASCVD risk = 6.1% Therefore, he does not need medication according to the recommendations of most global health organizations, but about a third of the participants in the survey (who are in the thousands) chose that this patient needs medication, which is what limited American organizations such as the American Heart Association say