Many people with high blood pressure are not being treated properly, leading to unnecessary deaths, a watchdog says. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence says thousands of strokes and heart attacks could be avoided with better detection and treatment.
At least 10 million people in the UK have high blood pressure, but because most will not have any symptoms, it is often inadequately treated, NICE says.
Many people do not realise they have it and many of those who do are not getting the best treatment, it adds. High blood pressure is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease, including strokes and heart attacks, which accounts for 30% of all deaths each year.
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