Is a hypertension Cure and available thanks to technology?  Apparently so.  There is now a new cell phone size implant that one can use to keep their blood pressure at acceptable levels.  This implant is placed within the chest, much like a traditional pacemaker.  In fact, it works similar to a pacemaker by controlling how often the heartbeats.  The little device works by detecting when there is a rise in blood pressure, if it senses this, it will send an electrical signal to the brain via the carotid arteries in your neck.  This triggers the brain into action, and in turn, the brain will signal to the body for its own natural system to reduce blood pressure.

A hypertension Cure has long been sought after by the medical fraternity.  Millions of people worldwide are affected by hypertension.  Previously, only medication, diet and exercise were the tools that doctors could use to control it.  Now, thanks to technological advances a hypertension Cure has been found which can lower blood pressure, which in turn will keep people alive for longer.

Annette Lawrence was one of the first to undergo this procedure.  At the age of only 37, she constantly lived day in and day out with life threatening, high blood pressure.  In fact, her blood pressure was so bad that it was often up in the 200s.

The proper name for this new technology is the Rheos Baroreflex Hypertension System, and it is saving Annette Lawrence’s life.  Once the cell phone size implant is working correctly, it will constantly monitor your blood pressure.  Once it feels Annette’s blood pressure rising it will send a signal to the brain, which in turn, the brain will tell the body to decrease the heart rate, open its blood vessels, and to release more fluid from the body’s kidneys, essentially, triggering the bodies natural response to lowering blood pressure.

While it is some risk of implanting the system, it is relatively low.  Patients are simply placed under a general anesthetic, and then it takes two to three hours for the installation.  To date, there are no visible side-effects of having this implant.  However, this device is not everyone.  Patients must have tried alternate methods such as diet, exercise and medication before they will be considered for this.

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