A Life Style Disorder - Hypertension

Abstract

Life style diseases are also called as the diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization. Once bacteria and virus were the prime killers in human society. But, now the studies shows that 17 million people die prematurely each year as a result of the global epidemic of largely preventable diseases or life style diseases which proves that we humans only are the killers of ourselves. Today more than 5 of 10 biggest killing diseases are caused by carelessness, ignorance and irregularities of our own. According to WHO, world deaths from life style diseases will double by 2015 unless all out efforts are taken to combat them. So it is mandatory to develop a health oriented life style than to give deep concern about our works. The scope almost fully lies on Ayurvedic concepts, because of its references of preventive measures. A report jointly prepared by the World Health Orientation and the World Economic Forum says India will incur an accumulated loss of $236.6 billion by 2015 on account of unhealthy life styles and faulty diet. As we all know, hypertension is called a silent killer, because it rarely exhibits symptoms before it damages the heart, brain or kidney. Hypertension is an important worldwide public health challenge and remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.