My husband is 53 and has been in the hospital for a week. They cant get his blood pressure down. They have tried all different typs of med. and it only get higher. This AM it was 217/96. He went to the hospital because he had a bad headache and pain in his back and chest on the right side. He also has numbness under his ritht arm. With testing they ruled out anything with his heart but so far have just tried med. to lower his blood pressure. To me it is not working and I feel they should be looking for another reason not just try to treat it with med. I worry that it has been so high for so long that major damage could result but I dont know what type of question I should be asking. He also has diabetes and is overweight. We have changed our diet at home and he has lost 22 lbs. in the last month. Can you help!
Hello! Welcome and thank you for asking on Chat Doctor! I carefully passed through your question and would explain that it is important investigating for possible secondary causes of high blood pressure (like kidney or liver disease, a Chat Doctor.