Expert: blood pressure surge pelting may suffer from " pheochromocytoma "

Blood pressure without high jump or substantially reduced in patients with essential hypertension, it may be " pheochromocytoma " in trouble. The expert points out, usually pheochromocytoma easily complicated by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, once generated from patients with malignant hypertension, severe headache, palpitations, or produce visual disturbances, blurred vision, should immediately seek medical treatment.

Recently, 16 year old girl from Yueyang Ya-Ya (a pseudonym ) have long bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma, makes her growth is restricted. More worrying is, pheochromocytoma makes Yaya suffering from malignant hypertension suffering, her blood pressure at any time to swell and sag, like sitting " roller coaster " like. In the Xiangya Hospital of Central South University accepted minimally invasive laparoscopic operation after treatment, Yaya finally recovered and was discharged from hospital.

Pheochromocytoma is caused by many patients with hypertension the initiator of evil " ". According to the Department of Urology of Xiangya Hospital director Professor Qi Lin introduction, in general, minor rarely undergo malignant hypertension. But the internal secretion of large amounts of pheochromocytoma can be known as catecholamine matter, but this matter once in contact with blood, will make the blood vessels, the cause of human blood pressure. Pheochromocytoma is a " time bomb ", " detonate" at any time possible, thereby causing a cerebral haemorrhage, heart failure and other crisis, must as soon as possible through surgical operation to cure.

The expert reminds, pheochromocytoma patients presenting with young trend, because the symptoms of patients with pheochromocytoma and diverse, and not accurate representations of the typical onset process, so often a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Once the paroxysmal hypertension, heart beat faster, palpitation, headache and other symptoms, in addition to the Department of internal medicine, want high vigilance of adrenal pheochromocytoma. Especially young patients, more attention should be given to do corresponding examination, in order to timely treatment, otherwise the long-term fluctuations in patients with abnormal blood pressure, vascular wall damage, prone to rupture of blood vessels in the brain to endanger life.