How is hypertension formed?

The causes of hypertension include genetic factors, environmental factors, drug factors, etc.

1. Genetic factors

Hypertension has obvious family aggregation, which is related to dominant inheritance of genes and polygenic association inheritance. When parents are suffering from hypertension, the incidence of children will greatly increase.

2. Environmental factors such

as long-term high sodium and low potassium diet, mental work, high mental stress occupation, etc., can increase blood volume, accelerate blood flow, sympathetic nerve excitation, and then cause hypertension.

3. Drug factors

Long-term use of contraceptives, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and adrenocortical hormones can accelerate blood flow, leading to increased peripheral vascular resistance, and thus form hypertension.