Show Various Causes of High Big Blood Pressure In former days before the invention invention invention tion of the machine to measure blood pressure the physician placed his fingers on the blood vessels in wrist or elsewhere and if they were hard like a pipestem the blood pressure was said to be high and a stroke of apoplexy might be expected if soft the patient was not likely to have a stroke Although a hardened vessel means that more pressure is needed to push the blood through it and the pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure will increase as the vessel becomes becomes becomes be be- comes harder nevertheless it is now known that hardened hardened- blood vessels where elastic tissue in wall of blood vessel has been replaced by by hard tissue is not the only cause of high blood pressure There are other causes for high blood pressure one ohe of which causes the elastic tissue in inthe inthe the blood vessel to contract or tighten tight tight- en and the blood needs increased pressure to pass through these vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels made smaller by having their elastic walls tightened What causes the muscles everywhere everywhere everywhere every every- where to tighten or contract Excitement Excitement Excitement Ex Ex- Ex- Ex anxiety fear overwork will cause tenseness and tightening of nerves and andl muscles And just lust as the large muscles s of the body become become become be be- come tensed by the emotions so do dothe dothe dothe the tiny muscles of the blood vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels though not under control of the will become tightened thus raising the blood pressure It can thus be seen that when your blood pressure has been tested and found to be above normal the high blood pressure may be due to some organic disease or change in the walls of the vessels caused by in in- fractions On the other hand the high blood pressure may be due to the emotions emotions emotions emo emo- causing a tightening of the blood vessels making them smaller and so making increased pressure necessary If the high pressure is due to damage damage damage dam dam- age to the walls of the vessel vessel vessel-or- or organic ganic disease treatment disease treatment is rest and guarding against further infections by regular visits to your physician and dentist |