What things cause high blood pressure?

[KenyanSandBoa]

I always heard that it doesn't contribute to high blood pressure. It's like caffine...it will have a temporary effect on you, but nothing long term, in respect to tension.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I always heard that it doesn't contribute to high blood pressure. It's like caffine...it will have a temporary effect on you, but nothing long term, in respect to tension.

Ah...I understand .

 

[johnptc]

Woah while reading the link Davo gave to me, i found something really interesting. It said that Sleep apnea is a common, under-recognized cause of hypertension/high blood pressure, now this is weird, because when i was looking through the common symptoms of Sleep apnea, my fiance matches all of these symptoms of it below;

Additional signs of obstructive sleep apnea include restless sleep, and loud snoring (with periods of silence followed by gasps). Other symptoms are non-specific: morning headaches, trouble concentrating, irritibility, forgetfulness, mood or behavior changes, increased heart rate, amxiety, depression, nocturia (getting up during the night to urinate) and heavy sweating at night.


I wonder if he has something like sleep apnea which could be concentrating to his high blood pressure? Certainly, he's had these symptoms long before he even started smoking years ago.

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sleep apnea is a big deal....get him tested !!!!

it raises blood pressure and bad for your health !!!

i know

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

sleep apnea is a big deal....get him tested !!!!

it raises blood pressure and bad for your health !!!

i know

Will do . I will get him to read some of the links i found on the sleep apnea thing and see whether he feels the symptoms match what he has .

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Hm, i was wondering, can a lack of sleep lead to high blood pressure? Quite often recently, my fiance has only been getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night, which i know is not really enough.

 

[N-E Cichlids]

Stress plays a big part of High Blood Pressure. Life itself is very stressful. I do not think smoking is the main reason for high blood pressure although I am sure it does not help. I read that your fiance is a vegitarian. While I am sure he has his reasons, that is not always the healthiest for your body. Unfortunately your body needs certain supplements from meat that you can not get from other foods. For that reason most vegetarians need to take supplement pills to give the body what it needs. Without those some peoples bodies react differently and get out of whack which puts stress on your body and can cause your Blood Pressure to raise. Bottom line is there are tons of things that can raise your blood pressure finding out exactly what it is for him is probably impossible.

Just my 2 cents

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Stress plays a big part of High Blood Pressure. Life itself is very stressful. I do not think smoking is the main reason for high blood pressure although I am sure it does not help. I read that your fiance is a vegitarian. While I am sure he has his reasons, that is not always the healthiest for your body. Unfortunately your body needs certain supplements from meat that you can not get from other foods. For that reason most vegetarians need to take supplement pills to give the body what it needs. Without those some peoples bodies react differently and get out of whack which puts stress on your body and can cause your Blood Pressure to raise. Bottom line is there are tons of things that can raise your blood pressure finding out exactly what it is for him is probably impossible.

Just my 2 cents

He's mainly a vegetarian simply because his parents were both vegetarians and so they never raised him on meat and stuff, so he never grew a taste for it really.

He doesn't actually eat that many fruit and vegetables at all for a vegetarian- all he seems to eat is cheese every day, and pizza's, pasta, pasties, toasties, pies etc...Only yesterday i was shocked to find out that he has never even eaten/tried pears, peaches, plums or blueberries before !

I think his high fat/high cheese diet can't be that great for him- he is of a good body weight though.

 

[Mr Pleco]

Woah while reading the link Davo gave to me, i found something really interesting. It said that Sleep apnea is a common, under-recognized cause of hypertension/high blood pressure, now this is weird, because when i was looking through the common symptoms of Sleep apnea, my fiance matches all of these symptoms of it below;

Additional signs of obstructive sleep apnea include restless sleep, and loud snoring (with periods of silence followed by gasps). Other symptoms are non-specific: morning headaches, trouble concentrating, irritibility, forgetfulness, mood or behavior changes, increased heart rate, amxiety, depression, nocturia (getting up during the night to urinate) and heavy sweating at night.


I wonder if he has something like sleep apnea which could be concentrating to his high blood pressure? Certainly, he's had these symptoms long before he even started smoking years ago.

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an overnight sleep study will confirm or rule this out....have your doctor schedule one.

 

[johnptc]

Hm, i was wondering, can a lack of sleep lead to high blood pressure? Quite often recently, my fiance has only been getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night, which i know is not really enough.

if he is short on sleep plus some sleep apnea.....it would seem likely........

 

[Red Devil]

He's mainly a vegetarian simply because his parents were both vegetarians and so they never raised him on meat and stuff, so he never grew a taste for it really.

He doesn't actually eat that many fruit and vegetables at all for a vegetarian- all he seems to eat is cheese every day, and pizza's, pasta, pasties, toasties, pies etc...Only yesterday i was shocked to find out that he has never even eaten/tried pears, peaches, plums or blueberries before !

I think his high fat/high cheese diet can't be that great for him- he is of a good body weight though.

i was going to mention diet and then i saw that he was a vegetarian but now i realize he is more of a junk food eater{ he is not a vegetarian just because he does not eat meat......} that would definitly be the reason for HBP.. the salt content in those foods is enormous.. he needs to change his eating habits and his BP would drop instantly.. this makes such a huge difference!!! He needs to drop salt from his diet any way he can!! And that includes all salt presevatives such as MSG.. and by the way MSG will give you sleepless nights and make your mind race.. i really think it is his diet!!! And MSG is in everything prepared ...in boxes, in soups etc ..