What is the main cause of hypertension?

CAUSES OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE INCLUDE: 1. Diet: eating too much salt can lead to high blood pressure. In addition, eating foods that contain too little potassium and calcium, and not enough high-quality protein intake, is also thought to be one of the causes of high blood pressure. 2. Drinking Smoking: Drinking and smoking can cause hypertension, and aggravate hypertension, damage cardio-cerebral vessels. 3. mental tension: long-term mental tension, anger, trouble, the stimulation of bad environment, can lead to the occurrence of hypertension. That is, the Chinese medicine said liver Yang hyperactivity. 4. OBESITY: Obese people have a lot of fat, which not only causes arteriosclerosis, but also increases blood flow due to increased microvasculature in the adipose tissue, leading to high blood pressure. This is what TCM calls turbid phlegm. Phlegm-dampness. 5. genetic factors: Parents have high blood pressure, the prevalence of high blood pressure in children can be as high as 46% . A parent with high blood pressure is also more likely to have a child with high blood pressure. 6. Secondary hypertension: ADRENAL space occupying, Pheochromocytoma, renal artery stenosis, primary Hyperaldosteronism, etc. . 7.High Blood Sugar: high blood sugar is also an important factor in inducing high blood pressure. 8. HYPERLIPIDEMIA: hyperlipidemia can cause hardening of some arteries, such as the kidney arteries, eyeground arteries and so on. Which causes high blood pressure. This also belongs to the Phlegm turbidity of traditional Chinese medicine. Phlegm-dampness.