{"id":3558,"date":"2023-11-14T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/hypertension\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2023-10-27T21:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T02:19:51","slug":"how-does-stress-cause-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/hypertension\/how-does-stress-cause-high-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Stress Cause High Blood Pressure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stress Cause High Blood Pressure<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stress can make blood pressure go up for a while, and it has been thought to contribute to high blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">But the long-term effects of stress are as yet unclear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stress management techniques do not seem to prevent high blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">However, such techniques may have other benefits, such as making you feel better or helping you to control over-eating thus helping in decreasing your blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Remember Your blood pressure increases remarkably when you are under physical or emotional stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you constantly feel &#8220;stressed out,&#8221; your body may maintain an abnormally high level of responsiveness, creating an artificially induced state of high blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Exercise can also cause stress, but unlike exercise, which provides your body with well-controlled physical stress for a limited amount of time, chronic stress does not benefit your circulatory system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rather, it increases your risk of illness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stress is very much a part of modern life, and it can be hard to control the amount of stress in your life without changing your daily habits significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What are the ways to control your stress?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many persons do follow these habits to relieve from stress-eating, drinking alcohol, and smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All of these factors can contribute to the development of high blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You may wish to use exercise to manage your stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Failing that, you may need to seek counseling to help you change how you think about certain things that cause you to be stressed or to learn relaxation techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Relaxation techniques, including progressive muscle relaxation and transcendental meditation, may help reduce mild high blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">How is your heart is affected by stress?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stress has noticeable effects on the cardiovascular system. Who hasn&#8217;t felt their heart beat faster because of stress or anxiety?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chronic stress can result in high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, strokes, heart attacks, and other cardiovascular system disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Keep in mind that Stress is a leading cause of high blood pressure. Even a small stress response causes blood vessels to constrict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Research is unlocking a complex relationship between stress, high blood pressure, and the cardiovascular system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Some studies have proved the fact that stress is deeply related to high blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Recent studies have brought to light how stress and high blood pressure influence the chance of a stroke and transient ischemic attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Atherosclerosis occurs when fat, cholesterol, and plaque deposits build up and clog the cardiovascular system&#8217;s blood vessels. Arteries become thick with this process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If atherosclerosis affects blood vessels leading to the heart, the disease is referred to as coronary artery disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">High blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes are important risk factors for High blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stress may also be a contributing factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">By slowing the metabolism of triglycerides, stress allows the fat to remain in the blood longer, a factor that may speed up atherosclerosis development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Relaxation techniques can help minimize the effect stress has on the cardiovascular system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Research has noted that breathing exercises and meditation help control high blood pressure, and may even have a preventative effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The development of atherosclerosis can also be delayed by relaxation techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Regular meditation, breathing exercises, and other techniques can help to lower the level of oxidative chemicals in the blood, which in turn lowers the risk of atherosclerosis and thus maintains your blood pressure within normal limits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress Cause High Blood Pressure Stress can make blood pressure go up for a while, and it has been thought to contribute to high blood&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"How Does Stress Cause High Blood Pressure? - Hypertension - High Blood Pressure","description":"Stress Cause High Blood Pressure Stress can make blood pressure go up for a while, and it has been thought to contribute to high blood pressure. 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