15Apr 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
Resistant Hypertension: Signs, Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment

Resistant Hypertension: Signs, Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment

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Resistant Hypertension (Difficult To Treat Hypertension) Resistant hypertension is high blood pressure that is difficult to treat. Not taking medication as prescribed can cause resistant hypertension.  Old age, obesity, and co-morbities ARE the most common causes of hypertension resistant to treatment. Watch this brief video (4:08 minutes) below to learn more about resistant hypertension.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwhwh1ONLhk Who is likely to has resistant hypertension? People who are obese, older age, African American, and people who have co-morbities such as diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. Resistant Hypertension Treatment Only your health care provider can diagnose resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension must be confirmed with home blood measurements to rule out apparent resistant hypertension. To assure the diagnoses is not due to poor blood pressure measurement, white coat syndrome, or under treatment, self-refer to…
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15Mar 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
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Hi, I'm Dr. Tonya! I am a clinical scientist, registered nurse, and hypertension consultant (coach). I am here to help you control your blood pressure using information I learned in my training as a clinical scientist in resistant hypertension. I want to help you because I want to help eliminate uncontrolled hypertension. I have witnessed unnecessary refractory hypertension, heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure due to uncontrolled resistant hypertension. I say these poor outcomes are unnecessary because most hyertension can be controlled with medication. Prior to becoming a clinical scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I was a registered . I have served in various settings including a telemetry step down unit, emergency room, primary care clinic, and occupational health clinic. I currently work in…
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01Feb 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
Is Your Blood Pressure Controlled? Why NOT?

Is Your Blood Pressure Controlled? Why NOT?

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Why are so many people walking around with HIGH blood pressure?  Research has shown that only about 50% of Americans diagnosed with hypertension have controlled blood pressure. We suspect that barriers such as lack of access to medical care and medication, medication cost, poor medication adherence, physician inertia, and other issues must be considered.  In the United States, there are 20.7% of adults with resistant hypertension. Of this group with resistant hypertension, between 6.2-8.4% of adults have failed hypertension treatment. These adults have refractory hypertension and are at higher risk of poor cardiovascular outcomes such as stroke, heart attack, etc. People with resistant hypertension ARE MORE LIKELY OBESE, OLDER, AFRICAN AMERICAN, and HAVE CO-MORBITIES (DIABETES, CHRONIIC KIDNEY DISEASE, OR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE). Lifestyle Modification and Hypertension Dr. Greger has a…
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