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Your Child Cannot Be Overlooked for Blood Pressure |
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Don’t you think it’s good to get your child’s blood
pressure checked every fortnight? You must if there are some doubts
with his health conditions or something you know may lead to high
pressure of blood in the arteries. Generally a normal child doesn’t
require any blood pressure test but National High Blood Pressure
Education Program Working Group on Children recommended that they need
screening of blood pressure as soon as the child attains three years or
more. However, before undergoing the treatment, it has to be determined
if the baby had premature birth, born smaller than normal or he/she is
undergoing any medications which may rise the blood pressure to some
extent.
It is also important that you should know the
standards of normal blood pressure in children to determine whether it
is normal or not.
Age three: A three year
child must have a blood pressure value of 107/69 mm of Hg. More than
that needs immediate attention of a doctor.
From 5years to 10
years: The normal blood pressure in children between this age group is
109/69 mm Hg. At this growing stage you should pay the attention to the
child’s health the most.
From Age 10 to 12/13 years: Generally
children of this age group have 117/75 mm of Hg as normal blood
pressure. It is almost near to the normal adult. After twelve or
thirteen years of age, the blood pressure of adolescents, till they are
18, vary between the 115-120/75-80 mm Hg mark.
The normal
blood pressure in children may be disturbed if they are overweight,
undergoing medications, have diabetes type 2 or have malnutrition. The
pressure also deviates if the child is physically less active. At times
the height and gender of the child also matters. According to NHBPEP,
boys generally have higher normal blood pressure than girls of the same
age and in some cases taller children also show the same variation.
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