Rising Blood Pressure - a harsh wake up call for teenagers

Statistical findings

A compulsory blood pressure prompted "night out" in the hospital for Americans aged 18 and under has reached roughly 24,602 in 2006. Children with blood pressure were just about 12,661 in 1997. Expert opinions cited by WebMD state that this high blood pressure syndrome in youngsters is a recipe for serious health problems in the times to come.

Hospital damages

Children suffering from the arterial blood pressure are high cost maintenance for the nation. The study discovery states the real health cost of the actual treatment of high blood pressure according to Cheryl Tran, MD, of the University of Michigan. During the period of in stay costs at the hospital are around $ 3.1 billion. The average rates for treatment in the hospital have seen a steep rise of almost 50%.

Obesity and Hypertension

CDC results claim 17% of children and young adults are obese. The number has increased dreadfully in the last few years. CDC claims that children suffering from obesity are more likely to carry blood pressure on their arteries.

Blood pressure is now found in 3% of American kids. A research of the hospital documentation, of the young adults, only shows 9.3% of high blood pressure cases having obesity. But sometimes the records ignore a medical condition so maybe the obesity was ignored.

The database for the study didn't enclose information of the body mass indexes of the young children.
Joshua Samuels, MD, of the University of Texas, wrote in the study that the "significant increases in blood pressure are likely riding the wave of pediatric obesity that is spreading across America." High blood pressure affects more kids than other problems, but is ignored as compared to other medical conditions like autism etc.

High blood pressure can cause grave damage to the children and is capable of bringing about changes in the heart. High blood pressure creeps silently after the children into adulthood exposing them to jeopardy of heart disease and heart stroke.

Suzanne Steinbaum, DO "This could be a huge wake-up call. When I read an article like this, I feel like standing on the buildings in New York City and screaming. Children are getting sicker and sicker as they're getting more obese. There's going to be a huge increase in heart disease and health care costs because of this," she tells WebMD.

So eat healthy, exercise regularly before being bitten by the blood pressure bug. Genetics and environment do play a part, but for that a person can't be held responsible. Can they?

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