How can blood pressure increase?

1 Answer
Aug 17, 2016

Many factors are responsible to increase blood pressure

Explanation:

Age, size of the heart, size of the blood vessels, ions in blood plasma, and blood volume are some of the factors responsible to increase blood pressure.
Blood pressure increases with age. In normal adult blood pressure is stable at 80 - 120 .
Men has more blood pressure than women of same age.
Athletes have higher blood pressure than a normal non athletic person.
Obesity increases blood pressure.
If heart size increases blood is not pumped in blood vessels. This decreases blood pressure.
More salt in food increases blood pressure.
More salt results in more water holding in blood. This increases blood volume.
Japanese people consume more salt have more blood pressure.