In the great majority of cases the cause is unknown; it just seems to be a particularly common consequence of living within the developed world. A number of possibilities have been thought to contribute to this including working under stress, and the western diet, especially eating high amounts of salt. Hypertension is often familial; if one or other parent has hypertension there is a greatly increased chancethat their children will suffer from it as well. Excess alcohol intake and obesity are additional factors that might just push someone who is prone to hypertension into a true hypertensive state.There are a number of unusual conditions which account for hypertension in a small percentage of the population, i.e. somewhere between 2-5%. These are most likely to be present if someone suffers from hypertension at an unusually young age, e.g.teens or early twenties.Some of the more common of these, admittedly, rare causes are as follows:
1.In the great majority of cases hypertension settles after the baby is delivered but women who suffered this are more likely to develop high blood pressure lateron in their life.
