text: what causes hypertention? type of work or too much work? boaring work or load of work?what medical science say   hypertension can be caused by numerous things such as sodium, stress, lack of sleep, heart conditions, etc...etc... too much work would probably cause hypertension or at least it can be a partial cause of it.  boring work probably would put you to sleep before causing hypertension.  note that most people know hypertension as high blood pressure.