High Blood Pressure - Learn about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment from the Merck Manuals - Medical Consumer Version.
Blood Pressure (BP) is created when the heart pumps the blood into blood vessels. If this pressure is more than 140/90mmHg, it is diagnosed as high blood pressure (HBP). If HBP is not noticed and treated at an early level, it may lead to life-threatening issues. The design and ...
Study participants were: (I) adolescents aged 10–17 years; (II) enrolled in primary and high schools from public and private education systems; (III) were not using any medication to control heart rate or blood pressure; (IV) had not performed strenuous exercise for at least 24 h before ...
Medication is generally used to treat hypertension that is unresponsive to lifestyle modification or that has a secondary cause.1 Suggestions for Practice Regarding the I Statement In deciding whether to screen for high blood pressure in children and adolescents, clinicians should consider the following...
The possibility that this finding was due either to an association between antihypertensive medication in general, and cancer, or to an association was found that could explain the excess cancer mortality among those with elevated blood-pressure in 1958, either with medication in general, or with ...
High blood pressure (HBP), including hypertension (HTN), is a predictor of cardiovascular events, and is an emerging challenge in young persons. The risk of cardiovascular events may be further amplified among people living with HIV (PLHIV). We determine
15. What if I need blood pressure medication, but I don't like to take pills? Dr. Turner tells patients that if they have any issues at all with a medication, there is a good chance that it can be changed or adjusted. Some patients do better when they have fewer pills to take—as...
High blood pressure (HBP) is a major concern in pediatric populations. Adiposity is highly related to HBP in youths; however, whether body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) is more strongly associated with HBP in this population is unclear. This cross-sectional study, involving scho...
prehypertensive. This term is used to describe persons with systolic pressure between 120 and 139 mm of mercury or diastolic pressure between 80 and 89 mm of mercury. These patients are at a higher risk of moving into the hypertensive range, where medication or lifestyle changes may be require...
These pediatric hypertension guidelines are an update to the 2004 "Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents." Significant changes in these guidelines include (1) the replacement of the term "prehypertension" with the term "elevated...