Is There a Pathway to Treatment for High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure is considered an increased risk state hence the name. Lifestyle modification should be initiated and continued for individuals with elevated blood pressure. Stage one hypertension, which is 130 to 139 over 80 to 89 millimeters of mercury, can be treated with lifestyle modification alone. When you get to stage two hypertension,. which is greater than or equal to 140 over 90, we recommend that those individuals be started or initiated on antihypertensive agents of different classes.