Hypertension in The Young Ages
Hypertension in The Young Ages
Hypertension in The Young Ages
Abstract: Hypertension being an important risk factor for most of the complex disorders, its
understanding has become part of the disease management strategies in the present days. It is
well accepted that hypertension is adults health problem, though its prevalence in the young
ages is on the increase. Several studies claim that childhood adversities are related to
cardiovascular disease of the adults. Recent advancement on this insight proposes the importance
of early diagnosis in the adolescents to control the problems in the adult. In this aspect,
understanding the hypertension at the young ages especially in the late childhood and
adolescents has become the concerns of the health researchers. With this viewpoint, a
preliminary study was conducted to provide an insight on the issue among the adolescents of
Manipur. In the present study, the trend of adolescent hypertension in Indian context will be
discussed with reference to the preliminary findings.