Patient's question:
I am currently in high school, but I have been found to have high blood pressure. What problems should high school students with high blood pressure pay attention to?Doctor's answer:
According to the situation you described, if the young patient has hypertension, the first step is to rule out secondary hypertension causing the elevated blood pressure. You can conduct the hypertension four-item screening to identify whether there is pheochromocytoma, primary aldosteronism, or renal artery stenosis that leads to the blood pressure elevation. If none of these conditions are present, it is likely related to generational inheritance. In this case, if the blood pressure is abnormally elevated and accompanied by some clinical symptoms, it is necessary to combine drugs such as nifedipine to control the patient's blood pressure.