Is Renal Hypertension the Same with Hypertension

Both sufferers with Renal Hypertension and Hypertension will have high blood pressure. However, high blood pressure is just a symptom and is not a definite diagnosis of certain disease.
According to statistics, about 80%-90% of cases of high blood pressure is caused by Hypertension, and the other 10%-20% are caused by symptomatic hypertension which is also called secondary Hypertension. Hypertension is characterized clinically by elevated blood pressure, so it is called primary Hypertension. Symptomatic hypertension is just considered as one of the symptoms of some diseases. These symptom of high blood pressure is not indispensable to those diseases, and it can be temporary or persistent.
Renal Hypertension is mainly aroused by the pathological changes in renal parenchyma and renal arteries. It is usually characterized by the hyperplasia of renal mesenchyme, hyaline degeneration of glomeruli, atrophy of renal tubules and the narrowing of renal arterioles, which result in damages on parenchyma as well as on blood circulation. Many disease can arouse high blood pressure as an accompanying symptom, for instance, Chronic Nephritis, Chronic Pyelonephritis, Renal Arteriolar Sclerosis, Renal Artery Stenosis, etc., and the high blood pressure caused by them are categorized as Renal Hypertension and Renovascular Hypertension respectively according to different conditions. Although the mechanism of this symptom is distinguishable in those two categories, there are also many common points of the disease so they share the same name Renal Hypertension. What's more, they are all different with the disease Hypertension.
Then, let us learn some basic knowledge of various Hypertension in order to know whether the disease is primary one or secondary one.
First, Renal Parenchymal Hypertension. The sufferers always have the history of kidney disease such as acute nephritis, chronic nephritis, nephrotic syndrome or chronic pyelonephritis.
Second, Renovascular Hypertension. It is usually seen with those who are younger than 30 years old or those who are older than 55 years old. They can have the malignant hypertension in a sudden or the long-term hypertension turns to be malignant suddenly. Traumas in renal region also matter in the diagnosis.
Third, Primary Hypertension. The sufferers are always elder ones and have the family history of primary hypertension. They get the hypertension first and then their kidneys are involved in the disease and they gradually develop Hypertensive Nephropathy.

Therefore, although high blood pressure as a symptom is the same in those diseases, they are not the same case actually. High blood pressure can be primary and lead to kidney damages, and it can also aroused by kidney diseases. In conclusion, Renal Hypertension is not the Same with Hypertension, but both of them need to be paid much attention and be treated timely. If you want to know more about the Hypertension as well as Hypertensive Nephropathy, you are welcome to talk with the consultant online or leave a message to phoebe871124@gmail.com.