Is it true that frequent anger causes hypertension?

Hypertension is often referred to as "the silent killer" because sufferers often do not have or feel complaints and then find out that they have experienced severe complications from hypertension. Hypertension is an increase in high blood pressure that increases the risk of diseases such as stroke, aneurysms, heart disease, and kidney damage. The condition of high blood pressure is said to be hypertension when there is an increase in systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mmHg.

Causes of hypertension
Nearly 90% of primary or essential hypertension has no known cause, while there are many risk factors for hypertension, including a family history of hypertension, a poor lifestyle such as obesity, a lack of exercise, and other diseases such as cholesterol and diabetes.

Can frequent anger cause blood pressure to increase?
Stress management is one of the ways to manage hypertension by controlling emotions. Anger caused by stress can cause blood pressure to temporarily increase.

Hypertension can cause various kinds of diseases, ranging from strokes in the brain, retinopathy in the eyes, heart failure, or coronary heart disease, to damage to the leg veins.

Symptoms of hypertension are often unknown to sufferers; many patients come with high blood pressure but do not feel any symptoms; some even come with severe complications. Therefore, it is very important to carry out routine health checks to detect hypertension earlier. So that early treatment can be avoided and the dangers of hypertension, the silent killer, can be avoided.

Who is potentially affected by hypertension?

1. Obese people

2. People who have a lifestyle that doesn't include smoking, drinking alcohol, eating junk food, or foods that are high in salt

3. Lack of movement or lack of activity and sports

Tips for preventing hypertension
To prevent hypertension, of course we have to keep risk factors away. Here are some tips that Friends of Hermina can do:
 

1. Control your weight so you don't get obese.

2. Adjust your diet and consume balanced, nutritious food.

3. Consume lots of vegetables and fruit.

4. Reduce salt consumption.

5. Exercise regularly

6. Do not consume caffeine in excess.

7. Control other factors, such as avoiding high cholesterol.

8. Control stress

9. Do blood pressure checks regularly, especially if you have a family history of hypertension.