Every so often, no miracle is required, just a little…

Every so often, no miracle is required, just a little common sense. A 24 year old male patient came to me with hypertension. He had been suffering from high blood pressure for 4 years. A basic workup was done, and it came back normal. He also consistently had an abnormal fasting lipid profile, his cholesterol test was always abnormal. He changed his diet, reduced his fat intake, reduced his sodium intake, and did everything right. Yet his blood pressure did not decrease, and his cholesterol did not improve either. As part of my routine evaluation, I always look for underlying causes when cholesterol or blood pressure