Obesity, smoking, stress, lack of exercise and other ills of an affluent society have contributed to the increasing incidence of this crippling and often life-terminating condition.
Fortunately, recognition and early effective treatment of hypertension reduce sufferers’ morbidity down almost to that of a normal person’s. Side effects of treatment are mostly minimal and are easy to manage.
No one should spurn modern, proven and efficacious treatment, even as traditional Chinese medicine and home remedies are used as adjuncts.
Dr Yik Keng Yeong
(Straits Times/ANN)