Blood pressure screening should start by age 3

[Guest guest]

Now this is stretching the bounds of daftness to the limit!

Love, light and peace,

Sue

" It is not unfair to conclude that medicine is the only branch of science

that has based its structure on opinions and suppositions rather than on

laws and principles. " - Vithoulkas, " The Science of Homoeopathy " .

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/?newsid=11851

Blood pressure screening should start by age 3

09 Aug 2004

A new report from The National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working

Group on Children calls attention to the role of hypertension in the current

epidemic of obesity in children, and underscores the need for intervention.

The report, published as a supplement to the August issue of Pediatrics,

urges primary care physicians to begin screening children for high blood

pressure at age 3. This document updates the previous 1996 guidelines and is

the fourth from this group.

According to Bonita Falkner, MD, chair of the working group, " The strong

association of high blood pressure with obesity and the marked increase in

the prevalence of childhood obesity indicate that both hypertension and

prehypertension are becoming a significant health issue in the young. " The

guidelines recommend therapeutic lifestyle changes such as weight reduction,

regular physical activity and restriction of sedentary activity to help

prevent increases in blood pressure.

It is now widely accepted that cardiovascular health - or the lack thereof -

originates in childhood. And today, nearly all primary care pediatricians

measure blood pressure in children. But many doctors are still not familiar

with the best way to evaluate and treat children with high blood pressure.

According to Dr. Falkner, " The evaluation of hypertension in children should

also include assessments for additional risk factors such as diabetes and

cholesterol disorders. In addition, physicians should take a sleep history

due to an association of sleep apnea with overweight and high blood

pressure. "

In addition to children 3 years of age and older, the report recommends that

blood pressure be measured in children younger than 3 years who were preterm

infants, had a low birth weight and who had a difficult or prolonged

hospital stay, as well as in children who have congenital heart disease, who

are receiving medications that might increase their blood pressure, or who

have any other condition that might lead to high blood pressure.

[Guest guest]

You have to increase your market, Sue. Everyone else is on blood pressure

medicine.

The children now need it too.

Sheri

(increasing my mom's BP meds is what did her in last February and I am

still trying to get her back to normal. She is off all BP meds and BP is

normal. Her BP was always normal, except when she would go into doctors

office. She had meticulous records of taking it every day at different

times.........so don't ask me about BP meds right now...............still

furious)

At 04:28 PM 08/11/2004 +0100, you wrote:

>Now this is stretching the bounds of daftness to the limit!

>

>Love, light and peace,

>

>Sue

>

> " It is not unfair to conclude that medicine is the only branch of science

>that has based its structure on opinions and suppositions rather than on

>laws and principles. " - Vithoulkas, " The Science of Homoeopathy " .

>

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>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/?newsid=11851

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>Blood pressure screening should start by age 3

>09 Aug 2004

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[Guest guest]

I hear you, Sheri. They are all insane. Next it'll be 3yos on statins!!!

Sue

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> You have to increase your market, Sue. Everyone else is on blood pressure

> medicine.

> The children now need it too.

>

> Sheri

> (increasing my mom's BP meds is what did her in last February and I am

> still trying to get her back to normal. She is off all BP meds and BP is

> normal. Her BP was always normal, except when she would go into doctors

> office. She had meticulous records of taking it every day at different

> times.........so don't ask me about BP meds right now...............still

> furious)

>

> At 04:28 PM 08/11/2004 +0100, you wrote:

> >Now this is stretching the bounds of daftness to the limit!

[Guest guest]

that was in the article too - checking their cholesterol

At 08:58 PM 08/11/2004 +0100, you wrote:

>I hear you, Sheri. They are all insane. Next it'll be 3yos on statins!!!

>

>Sue

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>> You have to increase your market, Sue. Everyone else is on blood pressure

>> medicine.

>> The children now need it too.

>>

>> Sheri

>> (increasing my mom's BP meds is what did her in last February and I am

>> still trying to get her back to normal. She is off all BP meds and BP is

>> normal. Her BP was always normal, except when she would go into doctors

>> office. She had meticulous records of taking it every day at different

>> times.........so don't ask me about BP meds right now...............still

>> furious)

>>

>> At 04:28 PM 08/11/2004 +0100, you wrote:

>> >Now this is stretching the bounds of daftness to the limit!

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