The most common causes of hypertension in children are secondary hypertension caused by renal disease, vascular disease, endocrine disease or central nervous system disease.
1. Renal diseases: the most common causes are renal diseases such as pyelonephritis or glomerulonephritis, or congenital renal artery stenosis, etc., which cause renal parenchymal or renal vascular hypertension.
2. Vascular diseases: children are more commonly affected by hypertension secondary to narrowing or dissecting of the aortic arch.
3. Endocrine diseases: Fat children with Cushing’s syndrome or hyperthyroidism may have microangiopathy, which may lead to hypertension.
4. Central nervous system diseases: intracranial hemorrhage in children can lead to increased blood pressure.
When children have high blood pressure, they should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause and treat it actively.