Hypertension Blog

At first, many patients with hypertension have no symptoms. As the disease progresses, some patients actually become accustomed to its symptoms-headaches, dizziness, and blurred vision­and view them as insignificant. Thus, diagnosing and treating hypertension may require a thorough patient assessment. This usually includes obtaining and interpreting a patient’s health history, performing a physical examination, taking blood pressure readings, and monitoring the results of diagnostic tests.You also may use your assessment skills to help identify someone who may develop hypertension. And you may use them to evaluate a patient who has just been diagnosed with hypertension, to monitor a hypertensive patient’s treatment, and to detect complications resulting from hypertension.