8 Signs You Have Secondary Hypertension

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 8 Signs You Have Secondary Hypertension
 

By Laurie Saloman
Reviewed by QualityHealth's Medical Advisory Board

If you've been diagnosed with hypertension, or high blood pressure, it actually may be caused by an underlying medical condition. In this case, it's known as secondary hypertension.

But how do you know if you have it, and what can you do about it? Is it treated differently than primary hypertension, which has no obvious cause and tends to come on gradually with age?
Symptoms of Secondary Hypertension

Secondary hypertension occurs in only about five percent of high blood pressure cases, but if any of the following apply to you, your high blood pressure may indeed be caused by another medical condition:

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1. Your blood pressure is 160/100 or higher.
2. Your blood pressure doesn't respond, or suddenly stops responding, to the usual medications.
3. You're younger than 30 or older than 55 and are suddenly diagnosed.
4. Your blood pressure is quite variable.
5. Your blood pressure is different in your right and left arms.
6. Your electrolyte (minerals like calcium, potassium, and sodium) levels are abnormal.
7. You have no family history of primary hypertension.
8. You're not obese.