Living with Hypertension

  Welcome to Resistance's new Community Health and Wellness blog. The purpose of this blog is to help people who are struggling with hypertension. For our first blog post we will be talking about how stress effects a persons blood pressure.  An article " Stress and high blood pressure: What's the connection ?" by the Mayo Clinic staff states "The body releases a surge of hormones when under stress. These hormones cause the heart to beat faster and the blood vessels to narrow. When these blood vessels narrow, blood pressure increases. This shows how important it is to avoid as much stress as possible. When you avoid stress then those hormones are not released.    The Mayo Clinic staff say "certain health conditions related to stress, such as: Anxiety  Depression Being cut off from friends and family.  These things are closely related to serious problems in the heart, including hypertension. Anxiety is a growing problem in the world today. This anxiety doesn...