https://paulnystrom.com/tags/hypertension/Recent content in Hypertension on Paul NystromHugoen-usSun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/living-my-life/Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/living-my-life/<p>“Living my life.” That was the answer from a 45-year-old, 300 lb man in the ER for a simple injury related to a slip on ice while intoxicated. I was examining him while simultaneously asking about his medical problems. I was determining what needed X-rays, and our conversation went something like this:</p> <p>“What medical problems do you have?”</p> <p>“Hypertension and being overweight.”</p> <p>“What are you doing about that?”</p> <p>“I’m on meds for the hypertension.”</p>https://paulnystrom.com/posts/jailbreak/Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/jailbreak/<p>I have a friend whose dad has been in the hospital for 10 days because of high blood pressure. Nothing the doctors have tried seems to fix it. He’s on multiple medications with very little progress. The prolonged hospital stay has drained his motivation; he’s clearly more depressed than he was. They’ve accomplished very little, and there’s been almost no communication with the family about what the end goal even is. His blood pressure is still running high, so not much has really been accomplished.</p>