Anxiety does not cause chronic high blood pressure (hypertension). Anxiety can, however, cause spikes in blood pressure during anxiety episodes or panic attacks. Although these episodes are temporary, if they are frequent they can cause physical damage the same as chronic elevated blood pressure can.
The National Institute of Health considers any blood pressure reading over 140/90 to be high blood pressure.
The Health Central site on high blood pressure states:
"Hypertension places s...
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