This patient is a 38 year old housewife who has been hypertensive and hypokalemic since age 23. She suffered her first stroke at age 32 and a seizure just one week prior to admission. This paper will discuss the clues to the diagnosis of secondary hypertension.
Human ; Female ; Adult ; HYPERTENSION ; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ; VASCULAR DISEASES ; HYPOKALEMIA ; NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES ; METABOLIC DISEASES ; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE ; MUSCLE WEAKNESS ; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ;