The World Health Organization has declared that high blood pressure (HBP) affects more than a billion people worldwide. The global health watchdogs estimate that at least 1 in 3 adults over 25 suffer from some level of hypertension.
It’s the #1 killer today.
But why? What causes it in the first place? If we are to turn things around and end high blood pressure, we have to know where to fight it.
Today, we will look at the 4 most common causes of dangerous high blood pressure and how to get to the root of the problem to end it.
Physical Stress:
The first cause we will look at is biology. Biological causes of high blood pressure include examples like co-morbidities; or in other words, other diseases.
Diabetes, high cholesterol, kidney trouble, even asthma can all be biological stressors that cause high blood pressure. It goes the other way, too. Having chronically bad high blood pressure that’s not well managed can put you at significant risk of developing other diseases.
At the same time, deficiencies in key nutrients, vitamins, and minerals can spike blood pressure to unsafe levels. Making sure you are on a quality supplement that optimizes nutrition for your personal needs goes a long way in correcting this.
Pollutants in the air or water, and even certain medications we take, can all be a source of poisons to the body that will stress out the blood vessels and the heart. This hypertension cause is known as an environmental stressor.
Sensory Stress:
Another source of HBP is related to the senses: foul odors, painful stimuli on eyesight or skin, really loud noises like a blaring TV or living too close to an airport or railway crossing…all these are examples of sensory stress stimuli.
Emotional Stress:
Ever having a bad breakup and you just felt terrible- day and night, body aches, racing heart, depression, and so on? Emotional stress, like what you would experience when going through a divorce or starting a new job is a key trigger for high blood pressure.
These life events are normal and just part of the human condition. Getting this one under control can be hard to do.
Psychological Stress:
The final cause of high blood pressure is known as psychological stress. Are you studying for a huge exam? Are you chronically under-rested? Did you just get moved to a different department at work and have to learn a whole new cache of skills?
Even reading a thrilling novel can spike blood pressure. These examples are something that is a little more under a person’s control than, say, a genetic disease, but can also be hard to limit or overcome.
What do these 4 causes all have in common? Was there a common thread you saw in each of the examples?
That’s right- stress. It comes in many forms, and the body’s reaction to it over time is what determines whether or not a person will suffer from high blood pressure.
The great thing about this is that countless studies have been done on the mind/body connection that helps to crush stress and completely reverse high blood pressure.
People who use all-natural mind/body methods to control their bodies’ reactions to stressful stimuli consistently test better in BP levels than their counterparts who don’t use the methods or who are on dangerous blood pressure medicines.
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I once read the official advice to GPs for hypertension. Interestingly the word stress appeared only once in the 14 page document. My Doctor told me it was progressive and in curable. Well I suppose it is if you don’t tackle the root cause of the problem which in my case was stress caused by childhood trauma. Now resolved thankfully.
My wife (Asian, age 78, 5’4″, 130 lbs, does not smoke or drink alcohol) has been taking medication (Adalat 90 mgs) for HBP for almost 25 years. Controlled very well. During the last 4 months her evening readings have skyrocketed several times to 190/200 over 90 for no apparent reason. She has been to a cardiologist, had a CTA heart scan and an MRI and shows no blockage or heart damage. She has had to go to the ER 4 times during this period when the readings were over 200 where she was given a .2 mg pill and the BP went back to 110/65 in about 2-3 hrs. She also has some “emergency” pills of .1 mg she has taken at home but for the last couple of events that didn’t do much good..BP only came down to about 165/85 during an 8 hour period. Drs just keep prescribing lisinopril and other meds w/the adalat. Any ideas?
I wear an Apple watch wich tracks ans spikes as it monitors your heart rate (not BP) every 10 minutes so you can see when there are spikes. If you look back at the data there is always usually a reason you can identify. I.e. Oh yes, that’s when my bike was stolen or something like that. You then work on the sub conscious beliefs surrounding these events until they are eliminated. I used to spike easily and often but these days it takes a lot and any spikes usually last minutes.
The stress part is there but you forgot to mention the high Sodium (salt)
Jim Davis, I took Linsinapro for about 5 yrs. They caused Great Kidney Damage to me that required Stents and other Kidney and Liver problems.I don’t take that anymore but other BP Meds. Mine is still jhigh. Sometimes 195/155 /95-110.And headaches. Check out other ways to control BP.