Parents have a child careless high blood fat attack!

Children and Youth was not obvious symptoms of high blood pressure, easy to be ignored

To bring a high blood pressure, people think of adult disease, in fact, high blood pressure for adults is not a patent. Which has just been published in Beijing resident nutrition and health survey report shows that city residents aged 15 and over the prevalence rate of hypertension was 25%, four years ago with the results of the survey, the prevalence rate has increased by two percentage points . Institute of Pediatrics in the capital, deputy director of the pediatric heart medicine physicians Wang Li, in recent years, children with high blood pressure gradually increased.

■ children are not typical symptoms of high blood pressure due to be easy to lose sight of parents

Hypertension is the pre-school children's blood pressure greater than 110/70mmHg, school-age children blood pressure is higher than 120/80mmHg, 12-year-old over blood pressure higher than 130/90mmHg. Wang Li, children, high blood pressure caused by two main factors: First of all, there is a family history of high blood pressure. Children and young people have a family history of essential hypertension accounted for more than 50%. As long as one parent suffering from essential hypertension, their children will have a greater probability of occurrence of high blood pressure. This was followed by obesity. According to the survey, obese children suffering from high blood pressure the risk of non-obese children 3 times. Because obese children increased body size, metabolism so that the total increase in oxygen consumption and body, which significantly increase the burden on the heart, blood pressure also rose.

According to Dr. Wang, children's and young people are not more than the typical symptoms of high blood pressure, often in the medical examination found that their clinical performance and high blood pressure are not the same as adults, some children may not have obvious symptoms, and some children may have a headache performance, but As the less powerful, or even mistaken for other diseases. High blood pressure in children and adolescents, some of the symptoms parents should pay attention to, such as growth retardation, nausea, vomiting, easily excited angry, not lively, visual impairment and even facial paralysis, stroke, heart failure, and so on, should be timely To the hospital for further treatment.

Dr. King reminded parents, though in adolescence with mild high blood pressure for quite a long time may be no symptoms, but it can drive slowly in the body damage blood vessels, heart, kidney and brain, it was in no case does not appear Vascular rupture or blockage of a heart attack and sudden death. Research shows that people Sansi Shi-year-old, high tension, there is a history of high blood pressure adolescent's fatal heart attack rate, more than twice as high than normal. U.S. studies have shown that young patients with high blood pressure long-term increase in mortality, shortened life expectancy. Harm than elderly people in their. As a result, young people and children, high blood pressure can not be taken lightly.

■ five major ways to prevent children hypertension

First, the major concerns in the crowd. Genetic factors play an important role in children's blood pressure. Therefore, parents have either high blood pressure, children become key targets of prevention.

Second, avoid obesity. More than 15% of the weight of obese children that are suffering from high blood pressure risk. Obese children as a result of the body's metabolic needs of the cardiac output and blood volume than normal children, with the passage of time will result in increased blood pressure and cardiac hypertrophy. Overseas studies have shown that 50% of the blood pressure of children is obese children. Measures to prevent obesity is to control over-nutrition and increase physical activity. Nutrition experts recommended the promotion of two-year-old after drinking low-fat milk, in particular, have been obese children. Older children should limit sweets, do not drink beverages with high sugar, high-fat and fried fast foods, eat more to encourage vegetables, fruits, coarse grains. Children's play time for children in the activities of the energy consumed to prevent obesity.

Third, to prevent too much salt. High blood pressure in children's diet survey found that 60% -70% of the children's preference for feeding high-salt, high-sugar, high-fat, low calcium, low magnesium, vitamin low-and low-cellulose food characteristics. Training from a young age children should be eating light diet, adult daily salt should be less than 6 grams of children to adults 1 / 3 of the following; choice of potassium and calcium-rich diet, as calcium and potassium have lower blood pressure.

Fourth, help them develop good habits of the regular schedule. Adequate sleep, and help prevent high blood pressure, not to let children and adults, like stay up all night to develop the habit of watching TV restrictions.

Five children on a regular basis for measuring blood pressure. Once a child more than the normal standard blood pressure, do not make a fuss, so as not to cause tension, not step-down drug abuse.

There are the parents of hypertension used their experience and drug treatment for children, so easily lead to accidents. Treatment of hypertension with particular emphasis on individual children and their unique characteristics of the drug can not be a copy of the adult. To bring children to see a doctor, a doctor from the development of prevention and treatment programs.

■ blood pressure to the baby, parents should pay attention to three points

First, children under the age of the child to choose a dedicated cuff. The width of the upper arm cuff is the length of 1 / 2-1 / 3, with the general school-age children 6 cm or 7 cm wide cuff from adult blood pressure, the desktop can be on the table.

Secondly, the daily blood pressure measurements to a fixed period of time in order to accurately determine blood pressure. 1 hour before the test do not exercise, not enter the food and drink, emptying the bladder, quiet for more than 5 minutes.

Third, in order to rule out as a result of stress caused by abnormal blood pressure, to be measured 3 times in a row, after taking 2 times the average child's blood pressure is. Attention after each measurement interval to 1 minute, the arm will give 5 to 6 seconds, and again the next measurement. An abundance of caution, high blood pressure, children need to 2 weeks.