The child complains of headaches warning signs of high blood pressure (hypertension) in children or dizziness of more frequent nose bleeds when the child patients unrest, you should heed heart palpitations and shortness of breath always as a physician can be signs of high blood pressure (hypertension) nausea, vomiting and visual impairments or more causes one this diagnosis should lead to the decision of a differential diagnosis critical limits (Vulzituitat hypertension) hypertension is, when the systolic pressure is higher than 90 mm / Hg at a 2-to 3-year old child. Up to the age of 5 to 9 years, the blood pressure must be less than 95 mm / Hg to 65 mm / Hg. In school until the 12th year, 105 mm / Hg to 65 mm / Hg are the upper limit. A significant verifiable hypertension in adolescents over the age of 12 is, if the value is exceeded by 120 mm / Hg to 70 mm / Hg. Please note that this only means in normal-weight children with Are normal size. (Source: Ben Horowitz). A transfer of child patients to a specialist of children or children specialist practitioner is more than advisable. Consequences of hypertension in children hypertension can lead to kidney damage, stroke and sudden death. How do you treat hypertension? "Professional consultation with a doctor or therapist therapy planning to reduce the excess in hypertension therapeutic body movement plan parental advice in terms of negative seats" before the computer, TV, etc.

Hypertension in children - of the symptoms on the diagnosis to therapy symptoms children are usually free of symptoms. Therefore the increased blood pressure is usually discovered during a routine checkup. First warning signs may be: headache dizziness nosebleeds heart palpitations and anxiety nausea and vomiting, chest pain shortness of breath see disabilities causes of hypertension in children and adolescents in children before puberty an elevated blood pressure is often another child disease attributable to (= secondary hypertension).