You may be unfamiliar with this “primary aldosteronism”, which is one of the causes of hypertension, we may not know this disease in our lives, and few people with hypertension know to consider the causes of aldosteronism, so what kind of disease is it and why does it cause hypertension. How to find out, today we will look at this disease. I. What is aldosterone? Aldosterone is a hormone that regulates the body’s electrolyte balance. What does aldosterone do? It mainly acts on the kidney to carry out the reabsorption of sodium ions and water molecules. As we all know, high salt in the body can cause elevated blood volume. As aldosterone retains sodium and traps sodium ions in the body, the osmotic pressure in the body rises, and a large amount of water is retained through the reabsorption of renal tubules. The water enters the blood and elevates the blood volume, bringing an increased load on the blood vessels and the heart, which will cause the blood pressure to rise. Second, what is aldosteronism? It is a clinically controllable or curable secondary hypertension characterized by high blood pressure, normal or low blood potassium, low plasma renin and high plasma aldosterone levels, also known as endocrine hypertension or adrenal hypertension. Third, which age group is prone to the disease? The disease is more likely to occur in 30 to 50 years of age, more women than men, this stage of people’s work pressure, endocrine disruption, the body will appear in the condition. Fourth, what is the harm of primary aldosteronism? 1, primary aldosteronism caused by hypertension patients than primary hypertension patients are more likely to get cardiovascular disease, some studies have shown that the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and death rate is significantly higher. 2, aldosterone level increase can be accompanied by abnormal blood sugar regulation and increased cardiovascular damage, but also more likely to get metabolic syndrome. That is, the metabolism of sugar, fat, protein, the three major energy substances and electrolytes, vitamins, has gone wrong. 3, primary aldehyde disease is more likely to get diabetes. In patients with proaldosteronism, there is insulin resistance and reduced lipocalin levels; in patients with adrenal hyperplasia, the degree of insulin resistance is higher. Therefore, we should pay attention to the examination and treatment of cardiac, cerebral and renal vascular complications and metabolic syndrome in patients with proaldosteronism. Because proaldosteronism has no other specific symptoms, it is an invisible killer of hypertension. We need to focus on screening for proaldosteronism in the hypertensive population. To increase the awareness and control of proaldosteronism and reduce its cardiovascular and cerebrovascular damage. Individual patients vary greatly, and we should still screen and treat primary aldosteronism under the guidance of a regular professional doctor, and not take other health products or drugs easily. Chinese herbal medicine can regulate the overall condition of the patient’s physique, so we can use Chinese herbal medicine to regulate and better maintain health.