Is your teenage son or daughter suffering from high blood pressure? Beware, if left uncontrolled the condition can lead to organ damage as in adults, according to a research. The findings showed that organ damage — damage to the heart and blood vessels — from high blood pressure does not only occur in adults, but also in teenagers. Importantly, the damage in teenagers occurs at blood pressure levels that are below the clinical definition of hypertension in the age group, the researchers said.
“Some adolescents may have organ damage related to blood pressure and are not targeted for therapy,” said the Director of a Hospital in Ohio. Imaging of the heart may be useful in youth in the high-normal range of blood pressure to determine how aggressive therapy should be. High blood pressure in teenagers is defined on the basis of percentiles, rather than blood pressure level as in adults. In…
