More Kids, Teens May Be Diagnosed With Hypertension

Parents bringing their kids to their well visits will likely review their height, weight, vaccinations, and now ... blood pressure. 

CNN reports on new guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and printed in the September issue of the Pediatricsjournal that include updated diagnosis tables based on kids within their normal weight range—and, based on these updates, it's likely that more kids and teens are going to be given a high blood pressure diagnosis. 

To revamp these hypertension guidelines, last updated in 2004, a 20-person committee looked at almost 15,000 articles revolving around abnormal blood pressure in kids and teens, which is caused by different reasons per age group (including underlying conditions like kidney disease in infants and little kids, and murkier causes for older kids and teens).

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