Hypertension The Most Dangerous Risk Factors For...

Hypertension is one of the most dangerous risk factors for preventable cardiovascular disease. This illness occurs when the blood that goes through the blood vessels is excessive; this puts pressure into the vessel walls. Stress is not a clear factor for the heart disease or high blood pressure but what is clear is that depression influences people’s health negatively causing a great number of severe diseases and health issues. This paper will discuss hypertension and one of the main causes for this disease, which is stress. Further more I will discuss some techniques and two current researches. Today hypertension or high blood pressure is know as the most common condition when the force of the blood flowing in a person’s arteries is too†¦show more content†¦Stress is considered as the state of mental tension that is caused by certain problems in the person’s life, bringing strong feelings of anxiety and worry. Stress management involves a number of techniques, methods and psychotherapies that are focused to control a person’s level of stress. They also aim to work on chronic stress in order to improve health and daily functioning. It should be mentioned that stress-induced hypertension, causes high blood pressure, which is closely connected to emotional or physical stress. High blood pressure and chronic stress may bring a lot of health problems and complications. â€Å"According to National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Department of Health Human Services, 32.5% of adults experience hypertension today, nowadays high blood pressure a ppears to be the striking cause of death for more than one thousand deaths each day† (2015). Rajeev Gupta and Soneil Guptha (2010) focused on the strategies for initial management of hypertension. The study that they conducted took place in India and proved that high blood pressure is now one of the most dangerous health issues in their country and it appears increase every year. The authors stated that â€Å"reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure can decrease cardiovascular risk and this can be achieved by non-pharmacological (lifestyle measures) as well as pharmacological means† (Gupta