Factors You Can and Cannot Control of High Blood Pressure - By: hebe huang

High blood pressure is one of the major diseases that affect and kill hundreds of thousands of people around the world. And it rarely displays any symptoms at all. That¡¯s why people should get their blood pressure checked from time to time; some people even get an automatic high blood pressure monitor to check it at home. But there¡¯re factors that would cause high blood pressure, some of which can be controlled.

Let¡¯s see some factors may cause high blood pressure but you cannot control.

Age
High blood pressure is more commonly seen in men in early middle age and in women after the menopause. When people get aging, their immunity would became weak, and they are more easily to be invaded by the diseases

Gender
Researchers say women are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than men. About 39 million women are suffering from hypertension in the United States, while the figure for men is about 33 million.

Race
High blood pressure is more common among blacks than whites and often develops at earlier ages in blacks.

Family history
If one of your family members has this disease, then you are more likely to get it from your gene.

Well, luckily there¡¯re some factors that you can control to avoid suffering from this horrible disease. And they are:

Smoking
We all know smoking is harmful to your lung. But do you know that the chemicals contained within tobacco also can damage the lining of your arteries causing them to narrow and pressure to rise. By the way, you can always quit smoking easily with the help of electronic cigarettes.

Weight
When your weight increases, you heart needs to pump more blood to supply oxygen and nutrients to your body so the chance of high blood pressure is increase too. Actually overweight becomes one of the major high blood pressure causes.

Salt
If you used to have your meals more salty, your body will retain fluid and this would result in increased blood pressure.

Alcohol
If you are a alcohol addict, then your chance to have high blood pressure is larger. So you should really stay away from these stuff.

Stress
If you find yourself always in stress, you may find some ways to release the stress by smoking or getting drunk, and in return, your blood pressure would get raised over time.

If you want to protect yourself from high blood pressure, besides controlling all the factors above, you should also get your blood pressure checked regularly. If you are too busy to go to a doctor regularly, maybe you should get a home blood pressure monitor to do it at home.

About the Author

Hehe is an editor of wholesale electronics and cool gadgets website. In his 18, he began to be involved in business area and study how to be a great businessman by himself. Now, he is a marketing expert.

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