What is the difference between primary hypertension and secondary hypertension?
a. Secondary hypertension is not as severe as primary hypertension.
b. Primary hypertension usually occurs at an earlier age than secondary hypertension.
c. Secondary hypertension is caused by another health problem, whereas primary hypertension does not have a known cause.
d. Primary hypertension can be treated with antihypertensive drugs, whereas sec-ondary hypertension does not respond to drug therapy.
C
Although there are many factors that contribute to the development of primary hypertension (e.g., obesity, smoking, stress, unhealthy diet), it has no single cause. (Many people with hyper-tension risk factors do not always develop hypertension.) On the other hand, secondary hyper-tension results from either another health problem or from the drug treatment of another health problem.
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