Stanford Doctor Discusses High Blood Pressure: What We Know Now and What We Need to Know

High blood pressure is the most common cardiovascular disease with serious health implications. While it is a condition that usually has no symptoms, undiagnosed it can cause serious damage to arteries and the heart, brain, and kidneys, and it is the leading cause of stroke. This talk focuses on the new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of hypertension now, and what advancements to expect in the future. Speaker: Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASN, FAHA


Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASN, FAHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Nephrology), Stanford University Medical Center

[goodtimes]

I think I have my blood pressure lowered just by listening to this calmy delivered lecture; thank you, Dr. Bhalla - very informative and sincere

[williamludlow]

I have been on BP meds since I was 35. I am now 71 years old. The meds really helped me.

[coffeecat]

He’s a very patient person. I am listening to this presentation, and a couple of times now he’s said;paraphrasing here…) “hold on til I’m done….. i gotta get this all said and your answer might be in this monologue if you’ll be patient.” And he is so calm about it… great information in there just to see what has been learned. Lately

[valarielacasse]

I do admire how respectful and patient this Dr is empowering rare these days.

[annetteyoutube]

58:11
A1C is the another measurement (similar to at-home BP measurements) which isn't routinely measured. Knowing this value can help prevent *much* damage from unknown/uncontrolled diabetes.

[pedroiiisevilla]

Shared this to my Mom and Brother in-law who are suffering from Hypertension. Great information. Thanks Doc!

[philisbramlett]

This is a perfect place to go for definition of blood pressure as it pertains to the entire body that anyone can understand .
Audio is excellent .

[lizgichora]

Thank you very much; this is very helpful, hopeful and encouraging.

[trevorlockwood]

Thank you. It's good to be treated with the abiity to understand.

[janethandroyen]

Thank you Dr, your explanation is excellent. You are so calm and collective. Keep it up.

[barbaraclemens]

Thank you Dr.Bhalla for your excellent presentation.
You gave us alot of information, so professional

[wordswordswords]

salt substitutes. lemon, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder. yes, cooking at home is way lower in sodium.

[KingKatura]

So heres the deal, The problem with health care is the standardization of things. They believe that one person is the same as the next & all bodys work the same & its not the case. For instance from the day i was born i have always had blood pressure extremely higher than most people, Yet have never had any health issues. Yet they will call it HyperTension (Hyper=unknown Tension="a stretched condition) In fact i once had a nurse almost stop my heart trying to lower my blood pressure. Not to mention i'm pretty sure the majority of Standards are for that of the person with a primarily Caucasion Lineage, Which if so points to extreme Phallacys. While we all have a similar makeup & operating system if you will, It is completely different on each system. Which is a problem, let me give a example here; When i was around 17 i was hit by a Full Double wide truck going over 80 mph, I don't remember when i was hit but i remember catching myself spinning around on one knee, & standing back up realizing what had happen as the truck came to a stop up the road. The whole front of the truck was pretty much destroyed, & the guy sitting there if he asked me if i saw who or what he hit, Which was me. After dealing with the normal stuff like the police i decided to go to the hospital just in case. I had 0 injury's & only a few red marks on my back which disappeared a day or 2 later. The DR. didn't believe that i what i told him happened so he had to get the police report to see it with his own eyes. A accident that would kll most people only maimed me. Because that is how different our body's are, So different that the slightest difference in care can heal one person but kll another. On top of that instances like a raised blood pressure due to being in a hospital especially if your So called Negro, which is African, Native American, or Hispanics peoples. Of which we have a very very adverse reaction in hospitals because of recent historical events & things we have ran into so its always going to be more elevated most of the time Which is not even taking into account. The way we view Medicine is got too change for sure.

[lindagrassel]

How much time is a high bp benefical and healthy with exercise?

[gilbertotongco]

My sister had BP
Of higher 200/100
And refused to go to the doctor and refused to take medicine.
She live to 84 years old

[brianneff]

Thank you for your time. And sharing your thoughts. Very helpful.

[vishalchaudhary-nfgr]

ਹਾਈ ਬਲੱਡ ਪ੍ਰੈਸ਼ਰ ਨਾਲ ਨਜਿੱਠਣਾ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ ਪਲੈਨੇਟ ਆਯੁਰਵੇਦ ਦੀ ਸੰਪੂਰਨ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ, ਇਸਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਨ ਕਰਨਾ ਬਹੁਤ ਸੌਖਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।

[Gengh]

He didn't talk about the most effective intervention to lower blood pressure, reduce your carbohydrate intake to lower your insulin, it's that simple to treat most cases of "essential" hypertension.

[marvinnelson]

The major cause of high blood pressure is elevated insulin. Usually caused by too many rapidly digested carbs in the diet. For the majority, a low carb diet which reduces insulin levels is way more effective than meds. Plus you don’t get the damage from blood sugar spikes.

[Now_lets_get_this_straight]

When he says that everyone is NOT on board with the new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and others, he’s referencing The American College of Physicians and others. The main reason given by them was the evidence presented did not warrant a stricter guideline. Some outside observers stated that the fact that the group that headed the Sprint study where this guideline was based on was headed by the same doctor that was on the board that set the guidelines. . This study also set guidelines that effect senior citizens where other studies shows it does not justify being put on meds to achive a 130, show no benefits for the risk involve. Research and question your doctor on everything he wants to do. All this change did was put millions of more people on meds.