What Are the Effects of Low Renin Levels?

1.0-2.5 g · L -1 / h.

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Name
Renin activity
category
blood
1.0-2.5g · L -1
Decrease: seen in essential hypertension with low renin type, primary aldosteronism, pseudoaldosteronism, glucocorticoid-inhibitory aldosteronism, 11- hydroxylase deficiency, adrenaline tumor, Alpha hydroxylase deficiency, ectopic adrenocorticocytoma, renal parenchymal disease, etc. Elevation: seen in high primary hypertension. Renin type, malignant hypertension, Bart syndrome, vascular hypertension, pregnancy, cirrhosis, edema, adrenal insufficiency, low sodium diet, juxtaglomerular cell tumor, etc.
(1) Determination of plasma renin activity. The diet of subjects should be controlled by sodium and potassium intake. The standard diet is daily: 100 mmol sodium and 60-100 mmol potassium. (2) Oral contraceptives can increase plasma renin activity, and the use of mineral corticoids, licorice, etc. can reduce the measurement results.
Primary hyperaldosteronism, polyarteritis, congenital adrenal hyperplasia in children, Gordon syndrome, essential hypertension, renal vascular hypertension, renal dysplasia
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