Patient's question:
My grandfather and father both have high blood pressure. I'm not very young now, but I have also been diagnosed with high blood pressure. I want to ask if there is any relationship between high blood pressure and hereditary transmission across generations?Doctor's answer:
Hypertension is related to genetic factors in the family, but it is not an inherited disease. The specific situation needs to be determined on an individual basis. The pathogenesis of hypertension still needs to be elaborated. Its pathological and physiological mechanisms are multifactorial. Arterial pressure is determined not only by vascular resistance but also by cardiac output, and the heart is involved in the development of certain types of hypertension. The stiffness and degree of vascular filling are also factors that determine blood pressure.