main causes of hypertension?
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Yes, high blood pressure can cause many things from heart attack to stroke to erectile dysfunction, and many other things in between.\n\nWatch your salt intake, there are many foods out there that are very high salt. Exercise will help strengthen your heart and lower your blood pressure, it also helps alleviate stress. Stress affects your BP readings, so try and eliminate stressors in your life or reducing the amount. The are many excellent websites for additional information I've always suggested : www.lifeclinic.com for anyone who suffers from hypertension
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Causes \n\nThere are a variety of factors that can lead to low blood pressure:\n\nPregnancy – Blood pressure commonly drops by as much as 5-10 points systolic and 10-15 diastolic during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy due to the expansion of the woman’s circulatory system \nMedications – Not surprisingly, many drugs used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and heart disease can trigger unexpectedly low blood pressure. Your doctor may need to adjust your dosage and/or medication. Other drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease, depression, and erectile dysfunction (e.g. Viagra) can also cause low blood pressure. \nHeart Problems – Heart problems such as bradycardia (low heart beat rate), heart valve problems, and heart attack/failure can lead to low blood pressure. In these conditions, the heart is not able to pump enough blood. \nEndocrine Problems – Thyroid problems (underactive or overactive), Addison’s disease (adrenal insufficiency), low blood sugar, and diabetes can all trigger low blood pressure. \nDehydration – In dehydration, your body loses more water than you take in. Dehydration is usually a result of diarrhea, vomiting, diuretic overuse, and strenuous exercise. The drop in volume can cause weakness, dizziness, and fatigue. \nNutritional Deficiencies – Deficiencies in vitamin B-12 and folic acid can lead to anemia, which then in turn can lead to low blood pressure \nYou need to keep it monitored with your MD or healthcare professional on  a regular basis to determine a course of action.
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Kidney problems can contribute or cause high blood pressure, but are not the only causes of high blood pressure.  Uncontrolled high blood pressure can also cause damage to the kidney.
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3 major factors Pump, volume, and container.\n\nPump (The heart) when damaged is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain systemic pressure.\n\nLow systemic volume( Hypovolemia) can be caused by numerous factors such as excessive vomiting, dehydration, blood loss due to trauma, excessive sweating, etc.\n\nYour blood vessels (container) dilate and constrict based on many factors. For example when scared, your vessels vasodilate (expand) creating more space in the container and thus lowers blood pressure.
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What is the origin of your high blood pressure?\nMaybe some other diseases coexist?\nIf we don't know that and what kind of therapy you have taken, if you are pre or post menopausal, if your parents had high BP, we can't talk about natural remedies.\nAs I use to say, in health one size does not fit all.\nAccording my opinion it is dangerous to try substitute your medicines with herbal remedies of any kind without your doctor's opinion.\n\nConsider also the following things\n- usually, herbal remedies are used along with the medicine\n- the form in which you will take the herbal remedy: if you will use garlic, as has been mentioned, what will be the amount that you have to take?\nIs garlic proper for your type of hypertension?\nIf you will drink an infusion(a tea of the herb),what will be the amount of the active substance that will be found in diluition in this infusion? How many cups you have to drink daily?\n \nTry to adopt a healthy life-style that I'm sure you have already adopted, to loose weight, practice some "light" sport like aerobic, walk for 1/2 - 1 hour daily and  try to control your stress ; at this point, a herbal infusion containing relaxing herbs is mostly helpful. Take care also if you take any antiinflammatory medicins, as they can slightly increase your BP.\n\nKaterina
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in some cases like mine its just in your genes. But in other cases it can be many things like smoking, high sodium, lack of exersise, overweight. You really need to address it because many people do not realize that hypertension is also considered a silent killer. Next to heart diesese it is one of the major killers of many people.
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dehydration causes this sometimes, high blood pressure triggers fast pulse too, get your blood pressure checked and drink some electrolytes!
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There are many factors that can cause hypertension (high blood Pressure.) Some of the factors that you can control to lower the BP are, Caffeine, smoking, Sodium, and stress. A regular sleep schedule, and exercise have also been shown to help in most cases.\n\nHe should also start taking his BP on a regular basis, and documenting it so if it can not be brought under control you have a base line to provide you doctor with.
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Take your High Blood Pressure SERIOUSLY!  I do not/did not have High Blood Pressure and still had a heart attack at 36!\n\nHigh blood pressure is an issue because it effects MANY things in the body.. it puts stress on your blood vessels and your lungs, kidneys etc.. \n\nKeep it under control and follow the advice of your doctors about diet, exercise and lifestyle choices.
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Many factors contribute to cardiovascular disease. Some risk factors include smoking, and a high LDL cholesterol level (and a low HDL level). As we get older our arteries naturally harden. Factors like diet and smoking can increase this effect. Also, the nicotine in cigarettes increases cardiac output which increases blood pressure and puts more strain on the system. Always avoid smoking and foods that are high in saturated fats and trans-fatty acids. However, the interplay of genetics and environment makes it such that even the greatest diet/lifestyle may not be enough in some people and they will therefore require medical intervention.
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Many things can cause ed.  High blood pressure, diabetes, depression, age and even certain meds.  Talk to your Dr to rule out the possible causes.
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there could be many causes such as environment factors, stress, diet or even allergy to certain substances...
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salt causes the body to hold water,causing high blood pressure,which predisposes to  the woman and child to a serious condition called eclampsia
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Genetics, diet pills, decongestants, prescription medication of various types, epilepsy, excessive caffeine intake, or other health problems which may not have been diagnosed. Not all hypertension is sodium related, and praying should certainly be secondary to consultation with a medical professional. "God helps those who help themselves" (Benjamin Franklin).
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one possible cause could be Addison's disease or an adrenal crisis. This could be caused by adrenal failure due to a problem with the adrenal gland, which is a gland that sits on your kidneys. It makes a hormone called aldosterone and one called cortisol. The aldosterone keeps sodium in your body but it loses potassium, if there is not enough aldosterone you lose sodium and have too much potassium. If there is not enough cortisol then you can have low blood sugar in response to stress. A common cause is when someone is taking steroids for a long time and then stops taking them, this can cause the low glucose and high potassium. \n\nYou would expect the blood pressure to be low though if that was the case, but it might not be. \n\nThis is a pretty serious situation and you should go to the emergency room if you know someone with this combination. High potassium can be very dangerous as can low glucose.
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First of all, get to a Dr. asap. Second, cut out the salt and most of the caffeine, and follow the diet the Dr. advises. Get exercise--walking is great. If the doc prescribes meds, TAKE THEM! If you are stressed, try to get some help to deal with it. Hypertension is called "the silent killer" because a person often does not know they are suffering from it. By the time you have a stroke or a heart attack it may be too late. With on going high blood pressure you need to be under a Dr's care. Monitor your blood pressure at home, but always keep in touch with your physician.