Posts Tagged ‘Hypertension’
How is it diagnosed?
The doctor suspected primary hyperaldosteronism in a patient with hypertension, typically severe or refractory, which is evidence of the existence of low blood potassium in urine losses of the same, if not taking diuretics.
In such cases, an analysis of blood levels of renin and aldosterone. If the first is below the normal range and the second one has high diagnosis.
These tests may be altered by certain drugs, which requires removing those drugs that affect the “renin-angiotensin system.” (Converting enzyme inhibitors, antagonists of the angiotensin II receptor blockers, beta blockers and diuretics among others). Read the rest of this entry »
What is secondary hypertension?
We talk about school when there is a clearly identifiable cause of hypertension. This occurs at a low percentage of cases, less than 10% of hypertensive patients.
Hypertension secondary to hyperaldosteronism or Conn’s syndrome
What is hyperaldosteronism?
It is a disease of the endocrine system, which is an excess of the hormone aldosterone, which is responsible for the regulation of body fluid volume through the uptake of sodium from the urine and potassium excretion. It is also one of the main factors that regulate blood pressure.
Its excess may be due to overproduction in both adrenal glands or the existence of a small benign tumor on one of them, one adenoma. This is called primary hyperaldosteronism. Read the rest of this entry »
What is isolated systolic hypertension?
The JNC VII (Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure) emphasizes the importance of isolated systolic hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure below 90 mmHg from 60.
How important is the systolic blood pressure?
Systolic blood pressure is considered the main component prognosis of hypertension.
Systolic pressure increases linearly from 30 years onwards, while diastolic increases until age 50 and then goes down. Therefore, pulse pressure, the difference between them, which increases throughout life, accelerating the increase from 50 years and is emerging as a reliable predictor of cardiovascular complications of hypertension than diastolic blood pressure . Read the rest of this entry »
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