Healthy Life Journal

1. Kidney Pain

Secondary hypertension associated with kidney called renal hypertension (renal hypertension). Kidney disorders cause the most high blood pressure is a narrowing of the renal artery, which is the main blood vessels to the blood supplier kidney organs. If the blood supply decreases, the kidneys will produce many substances that increase blood pressure.

2. Stress

Stress can trigger the sympathetic nervous system thus increasing the activity of the heart and blood vessel pressure.

3. Apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder in which patients repeatedly stop breathing (between 10-30 seconds) during sleep. Apnea is usually suffered by people who are overweight and followed by other symptoms such as unusual sleepiness during the day, snoring, morning headaches, and edema (swelling) in the lower leg. Half of apnea patients suffer from hypertension, which may be triggered by hormonal changes due to reaction to the disease and the stress it caused.

4. Hyper / hypothyroidism.

Hyperthyroidism or thyroid hormone excess are marked with easy heat (feels hot), weight loss, palpitations and tremors. Excess thyroid hormone stimulates the activity of the heart, increasing blood production, and increase the resistance of blood vessels leading to hypertension.

Hypothyroidism or thyroid hormone deficiency characterized by fatigue, weight loss, hair loss and weak muscles. The relationship between thyroid deficiency and hypertension has not been known, but suspected that the slow metabolism due to thyroid deficiency resulted in delayed blood vessels and increases blood pressure.

5. Preeclampsia

Preeclampsia is hypertension due to pregnancy (gestational hypertension) is usually the case in the third trimester of pregnancy. Preeclampsia is caused by increased blood volume during pregnancy and hormonal changes. Approximately 5-10% first pregnancy was marked by preeclampsia.

6. Koarktasi Aorta (Aortic coarctation)

Koarktasi or narrowing of the aorta is a congenital disorder that causes high blood pressure.

7. Adrenal gland disorders

Adrenal gland regulate kidney function and blood pressure. If one or both adrenal glands impaired, it can cause excessive production of hormones that increase blood pressure.

8. Parathyroid gland disorders

Four paratirod glands in the neck produces a hormone called parathormone. Parathormone excess production will increase levels of calcium in the blood, leading to high blood pressure.

In addition to the eight diseases / disorders above, there are several others that could be the cause of secondary hypertension, among others:

* Excessive alcohol consumption
* Use Pill
* Side effects of flu drug specific and appetite-reducing drugs
* Diabetes
* Wilms’ tumor (in children)