High Blood Pressure and Depression, Is There Connection?
Research does reflect a link between the two. Both ideas have been studied; hypertension leading to depression as well as depression leading to high blood pressure.
If a person is suffering from depression then he has three times more probable of developing hypertension than the person who don’t suffer depression.
The worst thing about depression is people with depression tend to over eat, smoke and drink too much. And they are less likely to take treatment too.
It is very strange to know that even people who suffer from depression otherwise live a healthy life likely to suffer from high blood pressure.
The change in hormones due to anxiety and depression can be a huge factor in causing high blood pressure. Researchers have confirmed this.
The medication taken for depression can cause high blood pressure as side effect. This is also another factor.
Based on these factors there is a link between depression and high blood pressure.
We can now see how hypertension can cause depression.
If you read on the label of many blood pressure medications, you’ll see that one of the side effects most of them have is DEPRESSION. That’s the main reason why high blood pressure caused depression.
Once again, we see that in order to solve a problem we create a new problem.
Even though the person was joking, he was right assuming there may be a connection between the two conditions.
And the major cause for all these problems is stress. There is no wonder hypertension and depression can therefore also be caused by stress.
What Practices can help high blood pressure regardless of the cause?
Excess drinking is a cause. 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.
Eat good healthy food. Raw vegetables and fruits should be the first on your list.
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