Open AccessOn the genesis of hypertension
Author(s) -
P. P. Litsyn
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj95676
Subject(s) - etiology , pathological , blood pressure , essential hypertension , medicine , phenomenon , intensive care medicine , epistemology , philosophy
The question about the genesis of hypertension is still very unclear. Every year we meet in the literature revision of this pathological phenomenon and construction of new theories to explain it. It is known that an increase in blood pressure accompanies some diseases: nephritis, lead poisoning, tabetic crises, and in these cases the etiology of hypertension is associated with the nature of these diseases; in essential hypertension the etiology of the increase in blood pressure remains unclear, why exactly these forms of hypertension and cause so much debate.