What causes essential hypertension? What is the etiology?
What will be an ideal response?
• Essential or primary hypertension has no known cause but there are multiple risk factors.
• Risk factors include excessive sodium intake, low potassium intake, alcohol intake, lack of exercise, smoking, stress, and obesity
• Generally, increased heart rate, increased stroke volume, and increased total peripheral resistance are each compensated for by decreasing values of the other two.
• If compensation does not occur, hypertension can occur.
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