High blood pressure or hypertension occurs not only in adults, children can also experience it. The number of people among the children also increased from only about 1-3 per cent to 10 per cent of the total population.
According to the pediatrician, Sudung O. Pardede, hypertension in children does not have the typical symptoms. Though hypertension who did not receive proper treatment, will carry over to adulthood.
"Hypertension in children is not an illness that is easily detectable. Sometimes medical professionals do not know if the child had hypertension," said a doctor from the Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University-Hospital Ciptomangunkusumo Indonesia (Faculty of medicine-RSCM) it.
High blood pressure does not necessarily indicate the child has hypertension. It depends on the sex, body height, body weight and then matched with tables issued Report of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children.
"This is a difficult examination of hypertension in children. Moreover, when health workers are not aware," said Sudung.
Generally mild or moderate hypertension does not cause symptoms. Severe symptoms such as headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, vomiting, anorexia, anxiety, weight loss, excessive sweating, hypertension occurs when the child develops further.
Hypertension in children can not be treated as such, because the majority is secondary hypertension. That is, hypertension emerged as a result of another illness.
"About 80 to 90 cases of secondary hypertension in children due to kidney disease. Therefore, when it is discovered hypertension, the first thing to note is the condition of his kidneys," said Sudung.
Kidney disease cause hypertension include hypervolemia. This is the current state of an individual experiencing or at risk of excess intracellular fluid. This happens due to sodium and water retention that causes increased heart pressure. Another cause is the reduced vasodilator substances, which are substances that act widens blood vessels.
Kidney disorders characterized by urinary flushing, fever, and some even seizures. "When you've known disease origin and treated promptly, the hypertension can be cured," said Sudung.
Various other diseases that stimulates the emergence of hypertension among other disorders in the central nervous, cardiovascular, and endocrine. The younger the child, the possibility of suffering from diseases other than hypertension increases.
Cases of hypertension can be quickly found when parents routinely check the child's blood pressure. Another thing to do is to maintain ideal body weight and vigilant when children often experience abdominal pain, recurrent pain, or pain during urination.