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my daughters blood pressure is 128/62 she is 11 years old

denise
11/09/09
denise
Topics:High Blood Pressure

She was put on Midodrine HCL 5mg 2x's daily and has taken it for two days.  Is this high?

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Hi Denise,

 

Here is a link to a blood pressure chart for children - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/child_tbl.pdf

 

Average blood pressure for an 11 year-old girl is around 103/61 mm Hg.

 

All the best,

Lisa Nelson RD

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