Blood pressure trends among children
High blood pressure among our children… Working in an urgent care facility, I see every single age group and demographic every single time I work. But I am getting very bothered by the number of children whose blood pressure is alarmingly high! I mean like 152/96 and 146/94. That is no joke high!! What will happen to these children if there are no changes made?And I know that this is not very clinical and exactly factual, but most of these kids are overweight. Before you write a comment saying that I shouldn’t make generalizations, remember that I said it was a very broad statement and observation, and I said the word MOST.
Have you come across this? Have you heard anything first hand? Is your child’s blood pressure normal? Do you worry about heart disease among your children?
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1 opinion for Blood pressure trends among children
Erica
Oct 8, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Wow, that is really interesting. I did recently see a study from the NIH about poor sleep in teens leading to high blood pressure, but you seem to be talking about even younger children. With the “obesity crisis” I guess this makes sense.
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