I am hoping someone can help me out her. I took my daughter to the ER today for being very sick and high fever. They check her BP and it was 120/93 the norm is usually 80/50 even if sick shouldn't be that high, (and she wasn't really moving). Also her Heart rate was 174. Norm if stressed and crying is 120. Was not crying or moving again. The dr there didn't seem to think twice about it. He sai give her tylenol and motrin and it should bring it down. Shouldn't he have been concerned? That is high, mine has never been that high. I know when you are sick it elevates a bit. But not that much. He was suppose to call her ped and let him know she was there. I though I would have gotten a call from them about it. But maybe not. Is this concerning. What should I do.
Thanks

I'm no dr, but that's sounds scary high to me. Call her ped. and ask about the BP and HR specifically. If you're not satisfied with their answer get a second opinion. As a fellow mom, that's what I would do. Good luck.

i would most definitely call your childs ped and have a discussion with her regarding this.this just does not sound right at all to me.a child that age should not be having adult type of BPs.i think that ER doc should have at the very least done some sort of actual testing like on her heart and a few other things to try and determine just why a child that young has high blood pressure,besides a very high heart rate.

the thing is,high blood pressure in an adult can stem from all kinds of environmental and life style choices besides being a clinical manifestaion or caused by some sort of condition and or disease process.what in the heck could possibly causing this in a 2 and a half year old child??this really NEEDS to be looked into and evaluated.high blood pressure for sustained periods can cause a host of problems not to mention just what in the heck is possibly causing it in the first place.

just so you know,it can be possible that the nurse who did the BP really didn't know what the heck she was even doing.but if they had her hooked up to a monitor that showed this well then you can be pretty sure that this was indeed actual.

i know one possibility for high BPs in a child could possibly be kidney related or even a metabolic type of problem.your child really really does need a very thorough eval by a doc who actually knows what in the heck he is doing.I really am rather suprised that that ER doc did not bother to check into this further to try and find the reason for the high numbers.Just what did they tell you regarding the fever and her being ill?what were her exact symptoms that prompted you top bring her to the ER in the first place.and how is she feeling now?

i really would be giving her ped doc a call about this,and make sure you actually speak with her today,your daughter also needs to have her BPs monitored pretty closely here to see if they actually went down and that they stay down.I still cannot believe that her numbers were way up that high out of the norm for a child her age and the ER doc dids not seem at all concerned in any way.

just call her doc and see what the doc reccomends for her to do at this point.and make sure to tell him/her about the additude of that ER doc,and that you are very very concerned as to why your daughters BP and heart rate were so very high when she really did not appear to even be the slightest bit stressed at that time.

I really hope everything is okay and that the numbers were just a fluke and things are back to normal now,but you really DO need to find out if there is an actual cause for this by having some tests done on your daughter.I just wouldn't sit back an wait for that docs office to call,I would get on that phone as soon as that office opens up and really tell who ever answers that phone about how really very concerned you are and if that hosp ever actually contacted the doc.Justkeep pushing this til someone can offer you a reason and or explanation as to why this happened in the first place.and most definitely ask them if you canjust bring your daughter by for a quick BP to see where she is at now.
shouldn't need an appt for that.if they wont do that for some reason,just go to your local fire dept,and ask them to do a BP on her.i was a fire fighter for many many years and we always did BPs for anyone who walked in.they should also have a child bp cuff too if they also run an ambulance/rescue service out of their station.if they don't you probably wont have too much luck with this idea cuz chances are they just don't have a child BP cuff availiable.sometimes,depending on the size of the child,you can use an adult cuff too,but like I said,it all depends onhow big the arms of the child actually are.

but you do need to keep on top of what her BPs are maintaining themselves at periodically.

call that doc first thing this morning and please let me know just what you actually find out.I do hope this is nothing serious that is causing it.good luck,marcia

Her ped said they must have done it wrong he said the norm for her was about 70 or 80 over 50 or 60. The nurse checked it after and said it was fine, It was 98/42.
I think they start checking BP at well visits when they are 3. That top number still seems kinda high to me just because I was reading on a site that 110/70 is good for a teenager but not for toddler. So the top # being a little up there. Makes me wonder. But we'll see. Thanks for all the advice.

i agree with you that her systolic is still a bit too high for her age,i would most definitely monitor this closely for any big ups and downs.You might even want to purchase your own BP kit and do this at home.i had to do this with my son when he was Dxed with a liver and kidney disease at age 12.it really does help to take this at different intervals during the day as BPs do tend to fluctuate up and down during the course of a day.just a suggestion.

and just a thought here but if the BPs continue to be kind of on the high end,it wouldn't hurt to have her kidneys tested.there could be a connection there.don't want to freak you out here just wanting to let you know of one possibility for a high BP in a child that young.good luck and please keep me posted on how things are going.sorry it took me so long to get back here but have been dealing with my own medical nightmares right now.take care,Marcia

Thanks for that bit of info. I will keep an eye on it. We just found out last wed night that she tested positive for Celiac Disease. So she has to go into a children's hospital and have a biopsy done of her small intestine to confirm it. But she most likely has it because she has every symptom for it. So after the biopsy she will be on a Gluten-Free diet.