4 year old with high blood pressure?My Daughter is 4 and has been to the Doctors 3x now with high blood pressure. The last time we were there her Doctor try ed to take her BP with a adult cuff. I thought you had to use the right size cuff to get a accurate reading. When she took it with
a measurement with adult cuff will be inaccurate, if the child is diagnosed with a pedeatric cuff as hypertensive then you should rule out renal causes, anyway you will have to take her to a pediatric cardiologist for further evaluation and managemen
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Blood pressure cuffs have an inner layer of rubber that wraps around the upper part of the arm,...
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