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7 Responses to “Can you tell acurately if a child has high blood pressure?”
Yes you can accurately tell a childs blood pressure BUT you need to use the proper cuff. If the cuff is the wrong size then the blood pressure will be inaccurate. The other possibility is that the blood pressure machine may not be accurate. This is a common problem with home machines.
If he is 5′3, and 175, he is too fat. Put him on a diet. This extra
poundage can lead to heart problems, the colesterol will clog his arteries, and the extra weight will insure that he has breathing problems after heavy exersize. Take those fries away!
I haven’t dealt with this before but you are very wise to have him checked out by his doctor and soon. It may be a one time thing but better to be safe than sorry.
If his upper arm is larger than 14 inches in circumference, then you need to make sure you are using the larger cuff that should come with the home testing kit, in order to get an accurate measurement. If you use the smaller one, it could appear high, in error.
I think booklovers is right. You should check it again. And sometimes if you use digital pressure pump, error can occurs because of simple move. Check it over (after 10 minute rest) .
He is overweight. With overweight kid – large belly fat, hypertension often happen (Obesity is one of the risk factors for coronary artery / vascular disease. Vascular disease induce hypertension).
142 / 92 is high for a teenage (hypertension grade 1), usually just 110 – 120 / 70 – 80.
“The risk of coronary artery disease increases with the severity of obesity especially for those with abdominal obesity . Abdominal obesity, also known as central or visceral obesity, exists when the waist to hip ratio is > 0.90 in males and > 0.85 in females. Abdominal obesity has been demonstrated to be an independent predictor of silent myocardial ischaemia in otherwise healthy asymptomatic subjects”.
See his physician and ask for some diet advice (low salt and fat) or see dietician. He might need excercise too.
Dont worry for now. Avoid butter, whole milk, salt, choccolate, coke, canned food and fat.
Good luck.
June 26th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Lovell
ask doctor
June 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Roy Calder
It’s not real bad, but the numbers they would like to see are 130
June 29th, 2009 at 9:26 am
David Hartzell
Yes you can accurately tell a childs blood pressure BUT you need to use the proper cuff. If the cuff is the wrong size then the blood pressure will be inaccurate. The other possibility is that the blood pressure machine may not be accurate. This is a common problem with home machines.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Douglas Broadus
If he is 5′3, and 175, he is too fat. Put him on a diet. This extra
poundage can lead to heart problems, the colesterol will clog his arteries, and the extra weight will insure that he has breathing problems after heavy exersize. Take those fries away!
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 am
Johnny Bonds
I haven’t dealt with this before but you are very wise to have him checked out by his doctor and soon. It may be a one time thing but better to be safe than sorry.
July 6th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Albert Sheridan
If his upper arm is larger than 14 inches in circumference, then you need to make sure you are using the larger cuff that should come with the home testing kit, in order to get an accurate measurement. If you use the smaller one, it could appear high, in error.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:52 am
Gertrude Ahearn
I think booklovers is right. You should check it again. And sometimes if you use digital pressure pump, error can occurs because of simple move. Check it over (after 10 minute rest) .
He is overweight. With overweight kid – large belly fat, hypertension often happen (Obesity is one of the risk factors for coronary artery / vascular disease. Vascular disease induce hypertension).
142 / 92 is high for a teenage (hypertension grade 1), usually just 110 – 120 / 70 – 80.
“The risk of coronary artery disease increases with the severity of obesity especially for those with abdominal obesity . Abdominal obesity, also known as central or visceral obesity, exists when the waist to hip ratio is > 0.90 in males and > 0.85 in females. Abdominal obesity has been demonstrated to be an independent predictor of silent myocardial ischaemia in otherwise healthy asymptomatic subjects”.
See his physician and ask for some diet advice (low salt and fat) or see dietician. He might need excercise too.
Dont worry for now. Avoid butter, whole milk, salt, choccolate, coke, canned food and fat.
Good luck.