Stress and anxiety-provoking situations are suggested to be associated with raised blood pressure, potentially linked to hidden or suppressed aggressive traits in hypertensive individuals.
The physiological response to stress falls mainly on the cardiovascular system, adrenergic stimulation resulting in peripheral vasoconstriction and an increase in systemic blood pressure. The analogous effects that occur in anxiety-provoking situations immediately suggest an association, whether causal or effectual, between raised blood pressure and anxiety. It has also been suggested that hypertensive individuals exhibit more aggressive traits than others and that these may be hidden or suppressed, becoming manifest by abnormal elevation of the blood pressure (Smirk, 1957).
Wheatley et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Hypertension. Stress and anxiety was evaluated. Stress and anxiety-provoking situations are suggested to be associated with raised blood pressure, potentially linked to hidden or suppressed aggressive traits in hypertensive individuals.
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