| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| Stress and High Blood Pressure - Are They Definitely Related? |
Stress and high blood pressure. People speak of them in the same sentence as if one leads to the other. Is it really so straight forward as that? In this article, I'll tell you why if you want to avoid the higher risk of premature death from high blood pressure that stress is just one aspect of your life that you cannot afford to ignore.
What Is Stress Anyway?
The word "stress" has become commonplace without people really understanding what exactly it is and what happens in your body during a stressful moment.
It is a reaction of anxiety to some external event or thought. The body thinks it is in a life threatening situation and releases chemicals like adrenaline into the body.
The heart rate and sweating increases - all to make the body prepared for action.
So why is this bad?
Side Effects
The problem is that we all get stressed simply during moments of ordinary life. But when it happens, we don't normally react physically.
This leads to various stress hormones remaining in the blood that can lead to high blood pressure.
Also, having a lot of these moments, or having them all day long will lead to increased blood pressure anyway.
How To Reduce Stress
To reduce it and help yourself, you need to stop yourself reacting. Anxiety is not inevitable, it is a product of a person rather than the situation. This is why some people get stressed and others do not.
Other Factors
Addressing this alone might be enough to get rid of your hypertension but you will likely also have to look at other areas of your lifestyle such as what you eat, especially. |
| posted by Healthy Life @ 9:36 AM |
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