Medical experts see compliance with treatment biggest problem to control hypertension
Medical experts are of the view that the biggest problem to control hypertension is compliance with the treatment. Despite the availability of effective and safe antihypertensive drugs, experts rue that hypertension and its related risk factors like obesity, high blood lipids, and diabetes mellitus remain uncontrolled in many patients. Hypertension in the younger age group is altogether a different entity. On the occasion of the World Hypertension Day observed on May 17, with this year’s theme as ‘Know your numbers’, doctors are concerned on the rising incidence. Adults with high blood pressure globally was around 972 million in 2000 and this is expected to reach 1.56 billion by 2025. According to a study, about 33% of people in urban India and 25% in rural India are estimated to be hypertensive. Lifestyle factors, such as physical inactivity, a salt-rich diet with high processed and fatty foods, and alcohol and tobacco use, are reasons for this increased di...