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What are the causes of high blood pressure at a young age?

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Dr. Mathew Chengot answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Familial or disease: Familial HTN is likely other reasons could vary from diet, kidney artery stenosis, tumours that are hormone producing causing BP like pheochromocytoma endocrine tumours.

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Answered 7/31/2018

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