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One of the most common symptomatic treatmeants that doesn't get at the root cause of the problem is prescribing meds for high blood pressure.
by starkfist 16y ago
One of the most common symptomatic treatmeants that doesn't get at the root cause of the problem is prescribing meds for high blood pressure.
- carbocation 16y agoI think this is a good point; in fact, we don't know the root cause for most cases of hypertension (idiopathic). In fact, >90% of people who are normotensive at age 50 become hypertensive before they die. This is an astounding stat. We're not going to be able to fix this, IMHO, until we understand the genetic (and/or environmental) basis for HTN. Nevertheless, treatments for HTN also reduce the sequelae, such as cardiomyopathy, so these are better than just "symptomatic treatments."