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Can kids have hypertension?
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Yes: There are congenital causes of htn, fibrodisplasia of the arteries, also kidney diseases, also diseases of the adrenal glands (benign tumors like pheochromocytomas, more and more associated to salt, obesity, and high cholesterol in children.
Answered 7/20/2012
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Blood pressure: Children can have hypertension. It needs to be worked up for reversible causes and treated.
Answered 4/1/2013
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Yes: Children too can have hypertension
Answered 6/1/2015
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