Blood pressure greater than 130/85 mmHg can cause heart damage in adolescents – the risk gets doubled in 7 years
Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a paper published in the Journal of Pediatrics concludes. The study was conducted in collaboration between the University of Bristol in the UK and the University of Eastern Finland.It is well known that in adults, elevated blood pressure and hypertension are ‘silent killer diseases’ that result in kidney, heart, vascular, and brain damage, and subsequently in death. Annually, hypertension treatment costs billions of dollars in health care worldwide and is