You need to know about hypertension or high blood pressure could be happened anytime, anywhere, and to anyone. So not only adults that could be hypertension, the children may also experience hypertension. According to experts, the prevalence of hypertension in children is not too high, only 1-2 percent. For example, newborns hypertension may occur due to renal artery thrombosis, or blood clot in the kidneys.
As you know, in adults hypertension occurs due to heredity or unhealthy lifestyle. But, children hypertension can be caused by secondary disorders, such as kidney disorders, endocrine disorders, hyperaldosteronism, or it could be due to the influence of medicine.
Needs to be early detected in children, and should not be ignored because it is very important, so that hypertension can be prevented until the child before adulthood. Observation of blood pressure in children can be started at the age of 3 years. The size of the blood pressure in the children is different from adults. Measurement of blood pressure in children should be determined by age, sex, and height, according to the hypertension expert reported in health.kompas.com.
So, hypertension must be early prevented, hypertension at young children is feared to rise if more children are overweight due to less moving. And keep in mind, too, smoking can lead to hypertension in adolescents. Yeah, that's the importance of the early prevention of hypertension, because hypertension does not occur in adults only, the children can also be affected by hypertension.
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