What are the causes of secondary hypertension in children? Secondary hypertension refers to hypertension secondary to other diseases or causes. Elevated blood pressure is only one clinical manifestation of these diseases. Secondary hypertension is not only in the elderly, but also in children. What are the reasons for secondary hypertension in children?
(1) Cardiovascular disease children with congenital aortic stenosis often have severe hypertension. Because of poor circulatory function, children are generally not tall.
(2) Renal diseases such as congenital renal hypoplasia, congenital urinary tract malformation, renal artery stenosis, occult nephritis, pyelonephritis, etc. are also accompanied by elevated blood pressure. Generally, the early symptoms of patients are mostly mild, mainly characterized by growth retardation, pale complexion, weight loss, etc. with the development of the disease, severe renal hypertension can occur. In addition, acute and chronic glomerulonephritis often has symptoms of hypertension.
(3) Endocrine diseases that cause high blood pressure include adrenal cortical hyperplasia, renal tumor and so on. Clinically, children often show growth retardation, crimson complexion, many black and long hairs, especially on the forehead and back.
(4) Excess vitamin D in children's growth period, in order to prevent rickets, if children take vitamin D products for a long time when supplementing calcium, such as injection of vitamin D or oral cod liver oil, it will promote a large amount of calcium to deposit in kidneys and large blood vessels, cause renal calcification and large blood vessel calcification, and also cause high blood pressure. Renal calcification also often affects normal development, so that children do not grow tall.
After reading the above, we should have some understanding of the causes of secondary hypertension in children. More topics about children's hypertension will be introduced in the next article. Welcome to check. Wish you a happy life!