High BP in a kids: Performance pressure and sedentary lifestyle are among in a culprits.

High BP in a kids: Performance pressure and sedentary lifestyle are among in a culprits.

Are you worried about a high BP in your child? Find out in the root cause of the hypertension and then learn ways to manage in the high blood pressure.

“Do kids even get a high BP?” a hapless mother asked after reading to a recent study that  a sedentary lifestyle, high intake of the sugar and salt, and obesity are the major causes of the hypertension in a nine out of ten children and adolescents.

Since a high blood pressure in a children, like a adults, is  a asymptomatic, it tends to the remain diagnosed for a long. That, in a turn, exposes in the children to a risk of the deadly conditions like a kidney problems, heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure.

Dr. Pawan Kumar, to a senior consultant in a pediatrics at the Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, says that in the normal limit of the blood pressure varies across different age groups. Like, a younger child will be have a low upper limit, while for  a adults, anything above a 130/80 is a considered hypertension. He also a adds that since blood pressure among children is not a scrutinized on a regular basis, in the extent of the hypertension among children remains veiled.

Symptoms of  the high BP in a children

Dr. Kumar also a adds that some of the symptoms that can be indicate high blood pressure include constant headache, vomiting, chest pain, fast heartbeat, shortness of  the breath, or a seizures in a extreme cases.

In a younger children, high BP can be an a outcome of some other specific or a identifiable health conditions like a heart problems, kidney diseases, hormonal defects, genetic disorders, etc.

Whereas, if an a older child suffers from a hypertension, in the major causes of it could be a obesity, an a imbalanced diet, high sugar or a salt intake, inactivity, stress, or a family history of  the hypertension, high cholesterol, and smoking. This type is called a primary hypertension which has no underlying cause and occurs on its own due to the poor lifestyle.

Hypertension in a small age groups can be occur due to the factors such as a kidney disease, poly-cystic kidney disease, an a over-active thyroid, sleep disorders, medications, blockage in a heart blood vessels, etc. High blood pressure in a children can be expose them to the risk of the catching deadly diseases like in the risk of the kidney disease, heart attack, and strokes.

A survey conducted by a Vandana Awasthy and Dr. Abhinav Verma on a big sample size of  the 5000 students between in the age group of the 12 to 18 years revealed serious findings. Children these days consume excess junk food by a preferring to the eat outside over homemade tiff-ins. Additionally, today’s children are under high pressure to the  perform better in a academics to be able to the  build a promising career pathway in the future. They are under a unrealistic peer and societal pressure to the decide now on the career they are thinking to the pick.

How to the manage high BP in a children

The issue of the hypertension in a children is a matter of the serious concern and needs immediate attention. Cases, where high BP in a children has no underlying medical condition, can be a easily cured through simple lifestyle modifications.

The family should encourage in their children to the  indulge in at least one hour of the daily physical activity for a healthier weight management and limit in their screen time. The child’s daily intake of the sugar and salt should be cut down, and family members should only set realistic goals and expectations from their children.

If a regular check-up indicates hypertension in a child, then a regular monitoring procedure should be a followed. The child should be a put on medications under a doctor’s supervision to the lower persistent hypertension. In a cases where existing medical conditions are the cause of the hypertension in a children, then those conditions that are aggravate high BP should be a treated accordingly.