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20 yr old son with High Blood Presure
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Cleveland - OH
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20 yr old son with High Blood Presure
by Matt's Concerned Dad, Dec 08, 2006 12:00AM
My 20 yr old son has just been diagnosed with H.B. His recent readings were 160/134, 159/110 and 158/122. For the past few years his B.P. has been border lined high according to the PA's he has seen, but always followed by the comment, "It's probably because he is sick".
He has very bad headaches all the time, and really has trouble sleeping at night. Could the Diastolic part of the blood pressure be causing the inability to sleep? He gets very upset when he just can't fall asleep and I am sure this doesn't help the H.B.!
I am very worried to say the least because other than blood test, no other test has been ran, e.g. EKG, Stress test and so on. We are still waiting on the results of the blood test and no one seems to be too worried about it. I have researched on line and found things like, enlarged heart, swollen heart muscle, and quite frankly, this stuff is about to freak me out.
My son's history, he was premature at birth, (32 weeks) with undeveloped lungs, and a heart murmur. Several blood transfusions were done in the 8 weeks he was in the ICU and I was always worried about this when it was being done. He was on an apnea machine for 1 year and continued to see Doctors throughout this time. He seemed to outgrow these things according to the Dr's but could this be directly related to the current problems.
At 16 his Gall Bladder had quit working and was removed.
That seemed to be something that someone older would have done and now this B.P. concern.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated,
Sincerely,
Matt's Concerned Dad:-(
He has very bad headaches all the time, and really has trouble sleeping at night. Could the Diastolic part of the blood pressure be causing the inability to sleep? He gets very upset when he just can't fall asleep and I am sure this doesn't help the H.B.!
I am very worried to say the least because other than blood test, no other test has been ran, e.g. EKG, Stress test and so on. We are still waiting on the results of the blood test and no one seems to be too worried about it. I have researched on line and found things like, enlarged heart, swollen heart muscle, and quite frankly, this stuff is about to freak me out.
My son's history, he was premature at birth, (32 weeks) with undeveloped lungs, and a heart murmur. Several blood transfusions were done in the 8 weeks he was in the ICU and I was always worried about this when it was being done. He was on an apnea machine for 1 year and continued to see Doctors throughout this time. He seemed to outgrow these things according to the Dr's but could this be directly related to the current problems.
At 16 his Gall Bladder had quit working and was removed.
That seemed to be something that someone older would have done and now this B.P. concern.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated,
Sincerely,
Matt's Concerned Dad:-(
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Dec 08, 2006 12:00AM
, Dec 08, 2006 12:00AM
Matt's dad,
Multiple readings of high blood pressure on separate occasions confirm a diagnosis of hypertension. In a young patient, it would be important to look for secondary causes of hypertension. There are reported associations with the development of primary hypertension in young adults.
Either way, it is important to look into treating hypertension no matter what the age. Depending on the level of blood pressure, the treatment can entail lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy or a combination of the two.
It might help to seek another opinion if you are not comfortable with the current therapeutic plan.
good luck
Multiple readings of high blood pressure on separate occasions confirm a diagnosis of hypertension. In a young patient, it would be important to look for secondary causes of hypertension. There are reported associations with the development of primary hypertension in young adults.
Either way, it is important to look into treating hypertension no matter what the age. Depending on the level of blood pressure, the treatment can entail lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy or a combination of the two.
It might help to seek another opinion if you are not comfortable with the current therapeutic plan.
good luck
Let us know what you find out. Good luck!
My question's are,
1. What causes this?
2. Does this sound correct to you?
3. Should I be requesting some other test to be done?
While the things the Doctor said made a lot of sense about the sleeping disorder, the headaches, HBP and the fact that my son says that his mind just never seems to rest, I feel like there should be some other test ran to make sure that there are no other serious medical problems associated with this.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
D
Perhaps it would be prudent to ask your physician if he thought a neuropsyc and/or neurological evaluation might yield some information which could be helpful to his medical treatment.