Friday, April 4, 2008
Easily ignore the pediatric hypertension
Hypertension has been considered to be an adult disease, few people focus on children hypertension. In recent years, with children's health and development of the cause of universal health inspection found that children are not low incidence of hypertension, and is at least as common congenital heart disease. Therefore, should arouse people's attention. Hypertension children are also divided into mild, moderate and severe. Mild hypertension minor children dizziness, vertigo and fear heart. Apart from the children with moderate dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision, there are irritability, retinal artery and left ventricular hypertrophy, and so fine. If it is severe children, in addition to the above performance, but also have Jingfeng, depending nipple edema, or retinal hemorrhage. If the blood pressure rapidly increased, there will be temporary acute brain disorder, in children in a coma. For children in the diagnosis of hypertension, as long as it can carry out regular routine pediatric examinations, doctors proper use of children by blood pressure measurement instruments and standards were measured blood pressure in children, diagnosis is not difficult. More delay in treatment due to neglect of children measured, and blood pressure caused by inaccurate measurement. Therefore, when a medical examination of children that a blood pressure measurement, in order to compare timely diagnosis and treatment. Children of different ages normal blood pressure can be used the following formula: Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) = 80 10 (age × 2) Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) systolic × = 2 / 3 If the child suffering from hypertension, parents should pay attention to what? Parents should first be aware of the need for rock and sustainability. Because of mild to moderate hypertensive patients clinical symptoms small children, the majority of children do not complain symptoms such as dizziness or headaches, it may just crying disturbed. Parents mistakenly believe that the child is naughty, so often neglected treatment, or lack of patience and can not adhere to long-term treatment. For severe hypertension sick child should be bed rest for low-salt, low-protein diet to prevent children emotionally. Eat contain vitamin C, vitamin B of food, such as fruits, etc. This was followed by the regular inspection to the hospital and have the confidence to cooperate with doctors to identify causes, in order to give appropriate treatment.
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