What raises blood pressure

Stress, pain, being overweight, smoking, lack of exercise, heart disease, not sleeping well or resting, some medications, exposure to air pollution can all raise blood pressure.

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･ alcohol ･ physical activity ･ caffeine (short but dramatic raise. unknown why)

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Are you concerned about what might increase your blood pressure? There are quite a few things that can factor in to raising your blood pressure. Luckily you can fix many of these with a few lifestyle changes. If you do not watch your blood…

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What kind of food raises blood pressure (other than salt)?

Q: I have very low blood pressure so I am wondering what kind of food can help me bring up my blood pressure to normal. Thanks to all of you who will respond :)My blood pressure is 80/60 usually and that makes me extremely dizzy. I am 21 years old.

A: Generally low blood pressure means thers something happening with your stimulant hormones, specially Thyroid gland, theres no speciall food that will do the job..Better get a general exam , some bloodwork and check how your tirosine count is,, you´ll probably need a endocrinologyst to see you,

Does taking a medicine for hypertension protects from sudden raises of blood pressure?

Q: My blood pressure can raise suddenly due to stress,anger or sadness..It happened the last time last week when a friend of mine had her son ten days in coma then he passed away..I started over my medicine that i had stopped 2y ago when i had the last attack of hypertension.taking regulary my medicine will help for these sudden raises of blood pressure to stop or am i still in threat.What I hv is called nervous hypertension.I’m taking a beta-blocker yes,called(bisoprol fumarate)

A: No, That’s how the system works. If you are stressed then the pressure MUST rise, in order to drive more blood round. If you ried to stop this (and succeeded) you’d pass out. Your system is working fine with or without meds. I’d stop taking themEDIT: Beta blockers will inevitably RAISE your systolic pressure for any given cardiac work level, and therefore increase your risk of having a stroke, or aneurism.Don’t take them. Nothing much wrong wit ACE inhibitors, but they don’t do any good either. But they all have side-effects… why take them? Soon you’ll get more tablets – to mitigate the side effects..

What are the foods and activities that raise blood pressure??

Q: ive been diagnosed wit intra cranial pressure. when ever its high i get rilly bad headaches and when it is low i get really tired and exhausted. my doctor told me dat coffe raises it and stuff. I am asking if you guys know the foods that raise n make blood pressure low. also activities that lower n increase blood pressure.thnx!!:]

A: anything fatty, too much sodium, with cholesterol can cause hypertension. to lower your BP, you should do a lot of exercise, eat right and try not to stress too much