Vol 9, No 5 (2005)
Review paper
Published online: 2005-09-29
The role of the stress in the pathogenesis of the hypertension. Part II
Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2005;9(5):374-384.
Abstract
Stress is an inescapable part of the modern life. It is an
adaptive response and the body’s reaction to events. But
also the stress plays a great role in the development of
hypertension. The evidence is based on the indicators that
people with high blood pressure have a general increase in
the activity of nervous system involved in stress responses.
The second is that people with hypertension have increased
activity of particular structures in the brain that
respond to stress. And finally people with high blood pressure
release higher amount of the stress hormones than
people with normal blood pressure.
Keywords: mental stresspsychological factorshypertension