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15 yr. old with high blood pressure
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15 yr. old with high blood pressure
by Carri343, May 08, 2008 03:23PM
Hi! My daughter is a swimmer and runs track in high school (weight:115, height: 5'3) she was found to have high blood pressure while she was at the oral surgeon having a tooth extracted 205/135, we thought the machine was broke. the following couple of days her bp was aprox. 170/120. She is now seeing a pediatric nephrologist who has done blood tests, echo, and kidney angiogram all which came back negative. 1 1/2 months later she is on Norcasc 10 mg. and lisinopril 5 mg. which now is back in the normal range most of the time. Last October at her sports physical her bp was 115/67. So in the last 6 mos sometime her bp went crazy. My question is should she see a endocronologist or a Cardiologist even though the echo looked normal? This whole thing just seems so wierd. Her grandparents have high blood pressure but not at 15 years old. Thank You!
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