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Which hormone is responsible for high blood pressure?


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High blood pressure:

  1. It is the condition of the body in which the blood force against the artery walls is very high.
  2. Aldosterone hormone is responsible for high blood pressure.
  3. When aldosterone hormone is produced in a high amount in the body by adrenal glands because of primary hyperaldosteronism disorder, it leads to cause high blood pressure.
  4. In this condition, the sodium level is high in the blood.

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