Hypertension is one of the most common lifestyle diseases prevalent today with one in three Indian adults suffering from it and is equally high amongst the medical fraternity. A study has shown that over than 50 percent physicians have been found to have uncontrolled hypertension or high blood pressure (BP), despite taking hypertensive medicines. Although there are many reasons that trigger hypertension or high blood pressure, stress is the biggest cause.
Little do we know, that the doctors whom we run to consult at the slightest problem, actually have one of the most stressful jobs in the world. However, it is often misdiagnosed given the difference in blood pressure readings at home and in a clinical setting. The findings found that 56 percent of doctors suffered from irregular BP at night and 21 percent from masked hypertension – a condition in which a patient's blood pressure…
