Abstract

A REVIEW ON HYPERTENSION

Akanksha Chaurasiya*, Manish Kumar, Vinay Kumar and Navneet Kumar Verma

ABSTRACT

In this review, a population-representative sample of adults was used to discuss the prevalence, awareness, diagnosis, treatment, and control of hypertension. Due in large part to its high incidence and correlation with an elevated risk of heart-related conditions. Recent remarkable decreases in the mortality rates from coronary heart disease and stroke in developed countries can be attributed in large part to advancements in the detection and treatment of hypertension. In several of these nations, nevertheless, the rates of high blood pressure control have actually decreased in recent years. Worldwide, 1.2 billion individuals are predicted to have hypertension by 2010. About 125 million people in the Eastern Mediterranean Region suffer from hypertension, which has an average prevalence of 26%. More worrisome is the rising rate of cardiovascular consequences from high blood pressure, such as heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and stroke.

Keywords: Angiotensin II, hypertension, risk factors, diagnosis, and therapy.