Q What are the factors affecting high blood pressure?
Kindly note that hypertension is a one of the diseases, which needs a triggering factor just sufficient to explode the volcano. There are many factors which affects high blood pressure like- Being overweight or obese, lack of physical activity, too much salt in the diet, emotional factors, too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day), smoking, stress, older age, genetics and family history of high blood pressure, any other disease condition like Chronic kidney disease, Adrenal and thyroid disorders etc. There are many other technical mistakes reasons which give you a higher reading such as - if blood pressure cuff is too small, not resting for 3-5 min before measuring, cuff hold over the clothing, if your arms, back or feet are not supported properly.