http://bloodpressurequestions.org/blood-pressure/how-long-before-you-get-officially-diagnosed-with-hypertension?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= Answers to all of your questions about blood pressure. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:34:11 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bloodpressurequestions.org/blood-pressure/how-long-before-you-get-officially-diagnosed-with-hypertension/comment-page-1#comment-2834 jandy Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:55:02 +0000 http://bloodpressurequestions.org/blood-pressure/how-long-before-you-get-officially-diagnosed-with-hypertension#comment-2834 there are endocrine and renal causes for sustained hypertension. Are you on any stimulants, lots of caffiene products, sudafed? Pheochromacytoma is one cause=endocrine. Sustained, untreated HPB can cause renal/kidney problems. Also, cardiac/lung system. HBP is silent as it does it's damage. I don't know what she is waiting for, ask her. Has she done blood work, chem panel, cxr? there are endocrine and renal causes for sustained hypertension. Are you on any stimulants, lots of caffiene products, sudafed? Pheochromacytoma is one cause=endocrine. Sustained, untreated HPB can cause renal/kidney problems. Also, cardiac/lung system. HBP is silent as it does it’s damage. I don’t know what she is waiting for, ask her. Has she done blood work, chem panel, cxr?

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