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Show Advice on Your Health Iy Morris fithbein, Editor. Journal American Medical Association pressure will rise during slesp in connection with dreams which bring about ths sensation of anger. an-ger. High blood pressure is not a disease, therefore. It is a condition condi-tion which occurs ss a result of several factors. A high prassurs is not necessarily permanent; neither does it necessarily progress. pro-gress. ' Some people with high blood pressure look healthy and carry en their daily activities with eaaa. In some, however, ths gradual narrowing of ths blood vessels brings about a steady lncreass in pressure, which also increases ths work of ths heart Apparently there ere many causes of high blood prassurs, including in-cluding inhsritsncs of narrow blood vessels, changes which tend te narrow them and possibly also disessss of the kidneys and of other organs which bring into the body substances tending to raise the pressure because they constrict con-strict the blood vessels. Most people believe thst mental men-tal worry and strain era rseooa-sible rseooa-sible for high blood prassurs. There seems to be a definite relationship re-lationship between fatigue and strain and changes taking place in the blood and in the blood ves-seleL ves-seleL For this ressoa mental and physicsl relaxation era recommended recom-mended to those with high blood prassurs as a means of lowering t. I Far too much importance Is at- ' tacfasd by ths avarege man to the record of his blood pressure. In some resorts patronised psr-ticularty psr-ticularty by older people there are places which messwrs the blood pressure for a dime and give the patron a card showing ths record. rec-ord. Some of these people become what the doctors csll blood pressure pres-sure invalids, worrying day after day about slight changes in ths blood pressure. Some of these ere mere reflections of ths mental state. Actually blood prsssures are oontroUed by several factors, including in-cluding ths pumping action of the heart, the resistance in the blood vsssels, ths amount of blood, ita thickness and other factors. Ths blood pressure system may be compered, of course, to any sort of pumping systsm in which the strength of ths pump, ths resia-tancs resia-tancs in ths system, ths elasticity in ths hose or pipes, ths smount of fluid snd Its thlcknsss all play a part. Ws know thst ths average blood pressurs for ths man In ordinary or-dinary health Is represented by 120 millimeters of mercury at ths tims when the hesrt hss contracted and SO millimeters of mercury st ths tims when the hesrt is relaxed. However, ths figures elan are influenced by the age, the sex and the weight of the person concerned, by his digestion, di-gestion, the stats of his emotions, emo-tions, ths amount of physicsl exercise ex-ercise in which hs has indulged, and even his posture. Ws know also that ths blood pressurs rises aa we grow older. It ! common to say that the everags for a normal human being be-ing is 100 plus ths ags of ths person concerned, but after ths age of 23 this might bs a little too high. A person st ths ags of 60, for example, might well have a pressure of 135 and instead of 160. There seems to bs a tendency for people who ere overweight to have blood pressure higher than othere. Certainly anger makes the blood pressure rise. Indeed, it has been shown thst the Mood |