what do you think what are the factors contributed for your high blood pressure if you have it?

Answer 1

The Factors or Risk Factor is given beautifully in the article given below, hope it helps you out:

Risk factors

High blood pressure has many risk factors. Some you can't control.

* Age. The risk of high blood pressure increases as you get older. Through early middle age, high blood pressure is more common in men. Women are more likely to develop high blood pressure after menopause.
* Race. High blood pressure is particularly common among blacks, often developing at an earlier age than it does in whites. Serious complications, such as stroke and heart attack, also are more common in blacks.
* Family history. High blood pressure tends to run in families.

Other risk factors for high blood pressure are within your control.

* Excess weight. The greater your body mass, the more blood you need to supply oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. As the volume of blood circulated through your blood vessels increases, so does the pressure on your artery walls.
* Inactivity. People who are inactive tend to have higher heart rates. The higher your heart rate, the harder your heart must work with each contraction — and the stronger the force on your arteries. Lack of physical activity also increases the risk of being overweight.
* Tobacco use. The chemicals in tobacco can damage the lining of your artery walls, which promotes narrowing of the arteries.
* Sodium intake. Too much sodium in your diet — especially if you have sodium sensitivity — can lead to fluid retention and increased blood pressure.
* Low potassium intake. Potassium helps balance the amount of sodium in your cells. If you don't consume or retain enough potassium, you may accumulate too much sodium in your blood.
* Excessive alcohol. Over time, heavy drinking can damage your heart.
* Stress. High levels of stress can lead to a temporary but dramatic increase in blood pressure. If you try to relax by eating more, using tobacco or drinking alcohol, you may only fuel problems with high blood pressure.

Certain chronic conditions also may increase your risk of high blood pressure, including high cholesterol, diabetes, kidney disease and sleep apnea. Sometimes pregnancy contributes to high blood pressure.

In a 2006 study, adults who worked more than 40 or 50 hours a week — particularly clerical and unskilled workers — were more likely to have high blood pressure than were those who worked 40 hours or less a week. Researchers tied the higher risk for workers with longer hours to unhealthy eating, less exercise, more stress and less sleep.

Although high blood pressure is most common in adults, children may be at risk, too. For some children, high blood pressure is caused by problems with the kidneys or heart. But for a growing number of kids, poor lifestyle habits — such as an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise — contribute to high blood pressure.

Answer 2

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 3

well, I think there are more factors that contribute to this: Smoking Being overweight or obese Lack of physical activity Too much salt in the diet Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day) Stress Older age Genetics Family history of high blood pressure Chronic kidney disease Adrenal and thyroid disorders

Answer 4

Arteriosclerosis is a major contributor of "systolic" high blood pressure. When the heart contracts, it pushes a huge volume of blood into the body's main arteries. To keep blood pressure from rising too high, the arteries swell like balloons. When arteriosclerosis is present, thick plaques line the arteries and make them stiff so they cannot balloon out, causing blood pressure to rise. This increases the risk for strokes, kidney damage and cognitive impairment. By losing weight, lowering cholesterol and fat intake, the plaques usually dissolve, the blood vessels regain their elasticity and blood pressure drops.

Answer 5

I have high blood pressure that changes when I get excited or nervous. As long as it doesnt stay high, you're ok. Whenever I go to the drs office, its sky high and when Im relaxed after a while it goes down

Answer 6

Mental stress is the No 1 cause. Both acute and chronic stress are related to the so called "Essential Hypertension". Heredity plays a part. In pts with "Secondary Hypertension", kidney disease, hormone problems and drugs may contribute.
All pts with HBP should be investigated to exclude potentially curable secondary causes.

Answer 7

There are several things that cause hypertension(high blood pressure): being overweight, high alcohol intake, high sodium (salt) intake, getting older(genetics), stress, being sedentary(total laziness), stress, low intake of calcium, magnesium, or potassium, and insulin resistance. I'm sure there are others that I haven't named, but those are the ones I remember. Hope this answers your question.

Answer 8

Your body weight, whether you smoke or drink and how much, you height, your exercise, and you stresslevel to name a few. It has been proven that a daily glass of red wine or a night cap before bed with a small amount of chocolate has been known to reduce both stress level and promote cardiac health.

Answer 9

My blood clots very quickly and that was the cause of mine. I now take anticoagulants, and my BP is mostly normal. It's very hard to control the thickness of my blood, so the BP roller-coasters along with that.

Answer 10

01) If you have work Langley,
02) you neglect your health,
03) you could not walking in morning
04) you eat non-veg or oily, max calaries food
05) Thinking Langley, any tension,
06) no time table of eating food,
07) alcoholic, smoking of sigrates,
08) High Weight
09) Family history of high blood pressure