Patient's question:
I am currently in high school, but I have been carefully checked 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 a check for the four hypertension-related tests to identify whether there is a pheochromocytoma, primary aldosteronism, or renal artery stenosis that has led to the blood pressure elevation. If none of these conditions are present, it is likely related to hereditary factors across generations. In this case, if the blood pressure is abnormally elevated and accompanied by some clinical symptoms, it is necessary to combine medications such as nifedipine to control the patient's blood pressure.