What Is The Connection Between High Blood Pressure And Depression?
He was kind of joking. A person recently received an email from a person asking me if there was possible a link between depression and high blood pressure.
Both ideas have been studied; hypertension leading to depression as well as depression leading to high blood pressure. Research says there is a link between the two
It has been proven that people suffering from depression are three times more likely to to develop hypertension than those who don’t suffer depression.
People with depression are less likely to take treatment. What makes it worse is the tend to over eat, smoke and drink too much.
Even people suffering depression that lived otherwise healthy live, also were more likely to suffer high blood pressure. It’s strange as it seems.
Based on this researchers have confirmed that change in hormones due to anxiety and depression can be a huge factor in causing high blood pressure.
Another factor are medications taken for depression which can have high blood pressure as side effects.
Based on these factors there is a link between depression and high blood pressure.
Now lets see how hypertension can cause depression.
When you read the label of many blood pressure medications, it will be mentioned depression as one of the side effects. This is how high blood pressure can cause depression.
Once again, we see that in order to solve a problem we create a new problem.
The person was right assuming there may be a connection between the two conditions. Even he is joking
And the main underlying cause for so many problems is stress. There is no wonder hypertension and depression can therefore also be caused by stress.
These Practices can help high blood pressure regardless of the cause:
Don’t drink to excess. In fact, some people see a spike in blood pressure after just a drink or two, and in those cases drinking is not recommended at all.
Do not smoke. Smoking create many problems including increased blood pressure.
Raw vegetables and fruits should be the first on your list. Eat good healthy food.
I have created several natural health guides. Including my natural blood pressure exercise program and weight loss breeze – which uses simple exercises to increase the oxygen level in the body and improve metabolism.
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Christian Goodman is a well known researcher and the creator of the reduce blood pressure blog. His latest work is the Lower Blood Pressure program, which has now assisted thousands of people in prevent stroke .
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