Neurogenic Hypertension Treatment in India

Pari Iyer, a 42-year-old software project...

Pari Iyer, a 42-year-old software project manager and mother of two, had always been the picture of health. Her high-pressure job was stressful, but she managed it with yoga. Over the past year, however, she began experiencing debilitating, pounding headaches that felt like a vise around her skull, often accompanied by sudden sweats and a racing heart that would wake her at night. Her primary care doctor found her blood pressure dangerously high (190/110 mmHg) despite a healthy lifestyle and three different standard antihypertensive medications. Fearing a stroke, her doctor referred her to a specialist in Internal Medicine. The specialist suspected Neurogenic Hypertension, a condition where faulty signals from the brain's autonomic centers cause severe high blood pressure. He recommended a specific procedure: a renal denervation, which uses radiofrequency energy to disrupt the overactive nerves from the brain to the kidneys that drive the hypertension. Anxious but desperate for relief, Pari underwent the minimally invasive catheter-based procedure. The recovery was swift, with only mild groin soreness. Within weeks, her headaches vanished, her nighttime episodes stopped, and her blood pressure stabilized on just one low-dose medication. Emotionally, she transformed from a woman living in constant fear of a catastrophic health event, feeling like her own body had betrayed her, to feeling empowered and back in control. She could fully engage with her family and work without the shadow of pain and anxiety.