CAUSES OF SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
Secondary hypertension may be the result of various diseases such as: polycystic kidney disease, glomerular disease, complications of diabetes (diabetic nephropathy), renovascular hypertension (narrowing of the lumen of the renal arteries), Cushing’s syndrome, aldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, thyroid disease, hyperparathyroidism , coarctation of the aorta, pregnancy and more.
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
In early may lack subjective complaints, and disease is revealed accidentally or on systematic review and measurement of blood pressure. The most common symptoms and signs in primary hypertension:
- Wheezing on exertion;
- Nervousness;
- Precordial pain;
- Headache ;
- Depression;
- Angina pectoris;
- Palpitations;
- Loss of consciousness;
- Wheezing at rest;
- Bleeding from the nose;
- Encephalopathy.
For young people who suffer from labile hypertension are observed neurovegetative disorders asexcessive sweating , rapid discoloration of the facial skin, sleep disorder, cold hands and feet, heart beat, morning headaches after awakening, irritability, and ringing in the elderly ears, headache in the nape area, breathlessness and haemoptysis (coughing up blood).
