Essentials Of Human Disease 2nd Edition by Leonard Crowley

Exercise 19

Peter Smith, a 15-year-old high school student, consulted a physician because of a back injury following a fall. As a routine part of his evaluation his blood pressure was taken, which was 170/110. Peter does not take any medications that could raise his blood pressure and there is no family history of cardiovascular disease. He doesn't understand why his blood pressure is so high. He wants to know what conditions could cause hypertension and what he should do about it. What would you tell him?