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What Causes High Blood Pressure In Elderly?

My blood pressure is very high. I am female 71 years old. Have been on blood pressure meds for at least 15 years. Past few months blood pressure is high in Am and at night. My palms are very red...I can feel them throbbing and they are very hot... When I get up my blood pressure is in150 s and 160 s over high nighties...My dr change my blood pressure med twice already, but there are no results yet...
Tue, 4 Aug 2015
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HBP may be due to sedentary life, high salt intake , hardening of arteries, smoking , DM, renal failure, obesity and anxiety and stress of lonliness. there may be specific reasons in 5% of cases like thyroid disease, cushing syndrome and other hormonal disturbances like pheochromocytoma as a partial list.
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What Causes High Blood Pressure In Elderly?

HBP may be due to sedentary life, high salt intake , hardening of arteries, smoking , DM, renal failure, obesity and anxiety and stress of lonliness. there may be specific reasons in 5% of cases like thyroid disease, cushing syndrome and other hormonal disturbances like pheochromocytoma as a partial list.