How do you get High Blood Pressure?
August 8th 2007 18:38
No specific cause is found in 95% of patients with hypertension – this is called primary hypertension or sometimes essential hypertension.
* Most patients have primary, or essential hypertension. Most cases of primary hypertension are due to increased stiffness and narrowing of the smaller (peripheral) arteries.
* This results in increased resistance to the flow of blood and is what makes the blood pressure go up.
* Increased peripheral artery resistance is associated with genetics (family history), obesity, lack of exercise, over use of salt, and the natural ageing process.
* A few patients have high blood pressure with a known cause (secondary hypertension). Long-lasting (chronic) kidney disease accounts for most of these patients where there is excessive fluid accumulation in the body that raises blood pressure. Hypertension can also occur during some pregnancies.
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