What’s Causing Your High Blood Pressure?

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What causes high blood pressure?

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels. Blood is pumped from the heart into blood vessels, which carry it throughout the body. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is dangerous because it causes the heart to work harder to pump blood out to the body, which can lead to artery hardening, or atherosclerosis, which can lead to stroke, kidney disease, and heart failure.

What Is the Definition of "Normal" Blood Pressure?

The following is an example of a blood pressure reading: 120/80. "120 over 80" is how it's written. The systolic number is at the top, and the diastolic number is at the bottom. The following are the ranges:

Normal: Less than 120 over 80 (120/80)

Elevated: 120-129/less than 80

Stage 1 high blood pressure: 130-139/80-89

Stage 2 high blood pressure: 140 and above/90 and above

Hypertension crisis: higher than 180/higher than 120.

If your blood pressure is higher than it should be, consult your doctor about ways to lower it.

Although the exact causes of high blood pressure are unknown, several factors may contribute, including:

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, Sleep apnea.

Essential hypertension

In the United Kingdom, the underlying cause of high blood pressure can be found in up to 95% of cases. "Essential hypertension" is the term for this type of high blood pressure.

Though the cause of essential hypertension is unknown, it has been linked to a number of risk factors. High blood pressure is more common in men than in women, and it runs in families. Age and race are also factors. High blood pressure is twice as common in blacks as it is in whites in the United Kingdom, though the gap begins to close around the age of 44. Black women have the highest rate of high blood pressure after the age of 65.

Diet and lifestyle have a big impact on essential hypertension. The link between salt and hypertension is particularly compelling. The people of Japan's northern islands consume more salt per capita than anyone else on the planet, and they have the highest rate of essential hypertension.

The majority of people with high blood pressure are "salt sensitive," which means that anything more than their body's minimal salt requirement is too much for them and raises their blood pressure. Obesity, diabetes, stress, insufficient potassium, calcium, and magnesium intake, lack of physical activity, and chronic alcohol consumption are all factors that can increase the risk of essential hypertension.

Treatment

Amlodipine is a blood pressure medication that can be taken with or without other medications. Strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems can all be prevented by lowering blood pressure. Calcium channel blockers, such as amlodipine, are a type of medication. It works by allowing blood to flow more freely by relaxing blood vessels. Certain types of chest pain are also treated with amlodipine (angina). It may improve your ability to exercise while also reducing the frequency of angina attacks. It should not be used to treat chest pain that occurs unexpectedly.


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