I'm 27years old, fit, eat healthily and I've been told that I've got High Blood Pressure WHY?

Question

I dont suffer from stress, overweight, dont have alot of salt and dont drink that much alcohol. But High Blood Pressure does run in the family Mum and Sister could it just be Heridarichy

Answer 1

Yep... It's hereditary.

Answer 2

High blood pressure (hypertension) can be classified as either essential or secondary. Essential hypertension is the term used when no specific medical cause can be found to explain a patient's condition. Secondary hypertension means that the high blood pressure is a result of (i.e. secondary to) another condition, such as kidney disease or certain tumors.
A number of environmental factors have been implicated in the development of hypertension, including salt intake, obesity, occupation, alcohol intake, family size, excessive noise exposure, and crowding.

Hypertension is one of the most common complex genetic disorders, with genetic heritability averaging 30%.

Certain medications, especially NSAIDS (Motrin/ibupofen) and steroids can cause hypertension.

To answer your question, the EXACT reason is hard to determine, though it is probably due to your genes (30% chance). Since you don't suffer from stress, weight problems, don't eat a lot of salt and don't drink much alcohol we can eliminate those. On the salt part though, just because you don't add table salt to food does not mean that you are not eatting a lot of salt (sodium). Salty snacks and many food are quite high in sodium (especially processed foods - tv dinners)
The environmental list to choose from left are:

crowding (during the holiday season if you went shopping a lot it may have raised your blood pressure)

family size (if you have a large family that my contribute to hypertension)

occupation (even though you don't suffer from stress, all jobs give stress....good stress and bad stress).

excessive noise exposure (if you've gone to concerts or other noisy places, that leads to hypertension).

Answer 3

You must be experiencing stress related blood pressure woes. I had high blood pressure also, but then quit my job and found a new career. Now my history of HBP is just that, History. Find a career you love. Paul

Answer 4

Get a good blood pressure monitor and test yourself at home when it is quiet, theycan be had for as little as £10/$25.

My own BP skyrockets at the doctors and even at home i have a nervousness towards the machine which shows up when i test myself.
The doctors even call this 'white coat syndrome'. they rush you in to the room & test you when you are uptight and haven't had time to relax.

I can get my own BP to drop 20+ points between the first self test and the third by calming myself down a bit. but the sight of the machine still makes me nervy...

Answer 5

Yes, it can be heriditary. Not all people with high blood pressure are overweight and eat unhealthily and not all people in that category have high blood pressure. It may be an idea to have your cholesterol checked as this can be heriditary also.

Answer 6

Boys are much more likely than girls to have higher systolic blood pressure , which could explain why men have higher rates of hypertension than women, Canadian researchers report.

The five-year study of more than 1,200 students in Montreal found that the risk of higher systolic blood pressure increased 19 percent a year for boys, but remained stable for girls. Systolic blood pressure, the larger of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading, represents pressure when the heart is fully contracted.

The researchers began tracking the students when they were in Grade 7.

This is the first study to document gender differences in blood pressure in adolescents and could help in the development of new strategies to reduce rates of hypertension in young male adults, the researchers said.

The findings are published in the current issue of the journal Circulation.

"It is important to document that, as the boys got older, they were more likely to have higher systolic blood pressure readings. It suggests that, as young adults, they may be more likely to develop hypertension," study lead author Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, a physician at McGill University Health Centre and assistant professor of medicine at McGill University, said in a prepared statement.

He and his colleagues also found that a sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise increased the risk of higher SBP in both boys and girls.

"Even after adjusting for differences in body weight, the more frequently a child engaged in active behavior, the lower the likelihood of developing higher systolic blood pressure levels," Dasgupta said.

"Perhaps more interesting, the more hours that the kids spent in sedentary behaviors -- sitting at a computer, playing video games, being on the Internet, watching television -- the more risk of having higher systolic blood pressure," Dasgupta said.

-- Robert Preidt

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Answer 8

there are two factors that you have to take into consideration... your family's history of high blood pressure, and what you eat. talk to your doctor about Lipytor... and good luck

Answer 9

it does run in families and have probably just inherited it. or there could be another reason and you just dont know it. Ask your dr. the next time you go for a checkup.

Answer 10

DO you also stay calm in all situations and avoid anything with caffeine in it. Lots of coffee/tea can also send your bp up.
I assume your doctor has given you apprpriate advice.