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A 38-year-old member asked:

Can kids have hypertension?

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Dr. Pedro Hernandezanswered

Geriatrics 42 years experience

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.

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Dr. Vasu Brown

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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered

53 years experience

Blood pressure: Children can have hypertension. It needs to be worked up for reversible causes and treated.

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Dr. Shalini Sethianswered

Pediatrics 23 years experience

Yes: Children too can have hypertension

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