Children having a high blood pressure?
While a majority of the conversation about high blood pressure (HBP or hypertension) centres on adults, children of all ages, from birth to teens, can have high blood pressure. Just like high blood pressure in adults, there are often no symptoms and early diagnosis and treatment are key.
High blood pressure in children can arise from several risk factors or it can be secondary hypertension, resulting from an underlying health condition.

Secondary hypertension in children: Certain diseases as well as some medications can cause high blood pressure in children.
Hereditary or lifestyle-related factors: Even though the exact cause is not diagnosed, doctors realize a variety of factors can contribute to the condition, Including:
·         Family history
·         Excess weight or obesity

For children with pediatric hypertension, sometimes fatal heart and lung disease that affects nearly two of every 1,000 babies had born each year. These children suffer with health issues throughout their lives or die prematurely — particularly if they’re not properly diagnosed and managed. But with the proper diagnosis and treatment at a specialized centre for hypertension, the prognosis for many of these children is excellent. Children with hypertension typically have blockages in the blood vessels of their lungs, which makes it harder for the heart’s right ventricle to pump blood through the lungs. Symptoms in children with hypertension include shortness of breath, passing out and appearing blue (cyanosis). Untreated, pediatric hypertension can lead to disability or death from heart failure.

As with adults, initial therapy for hypertension in children and adolescents includes diet and exercise, weight loss, particularly for the obese child. Reducing dietary sodium is expected to provide a decrease in BP of 1 mmHg to 3 mmHg. Patients should be encouraged to engage in 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity daily and to minimize time spent in other activities, including watching television and playing video or computer games. There are limitations on the types of activities children with uncontrolled or severe hypertension should participate in. Currently, it is recommended that patients with severe hypertension (>99th percentile) avoid competitive and high static sports, including, but not limited to, activities such as gymnastics, water skiing, weight lifting, and wrestling.

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