Neurological Complications of Hypertension: A Review Article
Journal Title: Public Health Open Access - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Hypertension (HTN) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality because of its complication like neuronal disease, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and renal disease. It is also known for the second most common cause of death after diabetes in adults worldwide. This study is mainly focus on neurological complications due to HTN. The reason is to improve patient’s quality of life and at the same time to increase their life span by knowing the causes and prevention methods. Epidemiology of HTN also need to be taken into concern, as it is important to reduce HTN not only in Malaysian, also people throughout the world. Neurological complication like stroke has shown an encouraging improvement in patient those who are under medications such as antihypertensive drug, physiotherapy and also rehabilitation.
Authors and Affiliations
Visaliini Ganapathy , Nasrin Habib , Farzana Afzal and Mamunur Rashid
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