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High blood pressure, also called Hypertension, can be caused by a wide variety of different causes. Some of them can include smoking, being overweight, lack of physical activity, too much salt in the diet, too much alcohol consumption, stress, being older, genetics, or thyroid disorders.
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∙ 11y agoSome cause of high blood pressure are too much salt in your diet, stress, illness, medications, caffeine intake and smoking. If you can cut out some of theses and lose weight if you need to it will help bring blood pressure down.
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∙ 10y agoHigh blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can be caused by various things. Age, weight, diet, stress and family history are several factors that can cause high blood pressure.
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∙ 12y ago1. Obesity/overweight
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3. Stress
4. Alcohol
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∙ 12y agosalt , stress, obesity,
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What causes more heart diseases heart rate or high blood pressure?
High blood pressure
What causes pressure behind the eyes?
high blood pressue, glacouma
What is the other name for hypertension?
The common name for hypertension is high blood pressure. To be diagnosed with high blood pressure, a person typically has three or more readings of 140/90 or higher.
What can cause high blood pressure besides obesity?
Most high blood pressure is idiopathic meaning it has no known cause. That being said, there are some common themes among people with high blood pressure besides being overweight. These common themes include a poor diet high in sodium, cholesterol and fat as well as a sedentary lifestyle and a family history of high blood pressure.
Why does one collapse with low blood pressure and with high potassium in the blood?
high potassium causes arrhythmias and the arrhythmias that it causes can reduce blood pressure causing someone to collapse.
What are common high blood pressure symptoms?
High Blood Pressure commonly and often causes no symptoms at all, that is why it is called the Silent Killer. Sometimes symptoms such as - headaches, nosebleeds, dizziness, flushed face and fatigue can occur, but these symptoms can also appear in someone whose blood pressure is not high.
What causes human blood pressure?
Emotional stress, food intake, alcohol and high heat temp. can cause blood pressure
What are the causes of high blood pressure?
High cholesterol levels, and not enough exercise.
Is panadol tablet causes high blood pressure?
No.
What causes teens to have high blood pressure during pregnancy?
As such there is no special reason to have high blood pressure in teens except psychological stress. Stress hormones will rise the blood pressure.
How common is high blood pressure today?
Very common since there is alot of obese people today.High blood pressure is very common and affects an equal number of men and women.About 33 in 100 men and women in the United Kingdom have high blood pressure.[1]About 60 in 100 people with high blood pressure are not being treated.[1]Out of those who are being treated, 50 in 100 still have high blood pressure.[1]About 20 in 100 heart attacks are caused by high blood pressure.[i have high blood pressure my self and i am only 16, had it since i was 12 and i ain't "fat"..http://www.guardian.co.UK/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/high-blood-pressure-how-common
Why do I have joint pain and high blood pressure?
The most common cause of the combination of joint pain and high blood pressure in the US is obesity.
