Infant Blood Pressure - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

michstate2004 · 12-06-2006, 03:27 PM

My son is 5 weeks. Two days after he was born he had high blood pressure in the 100's so the doc monitored him for extra day but then went down a little. a month later we go back monday and today and his average blood pressure on his arm is like 105 and on his leg it is about 88. We have to go back on Friday to check his blood pressure again and if its high still go back on Monday. Anyone else have a infant with high blood pressure and what it could possibly be? i heard being premature but he was born 3 days before due date because he was big. now he is 12lbs. thanks.

sousou · 12-06-2006, 03:43 PM

I never heard of infant's high blood pressure, try to do some research on the net.

michstate2004 · 12-06-2006, 03:48 PM

I did cant find anything so i tried here. but anyways the pediotrician is going to keep close tabs on it so we'll see where it goes from there.

sousou · 12-06-2006, 03:57 PM

keep us posted..do not worry too much.
God bless u both!

feelbad · 12-09-2006, 06:08 AM

have they checked his kidney functions?this is one thing i know has a direct effect on anyones BP the kidneys regulate the overall BPs by producing a chemical called renin.when the renin is out of whack it kind of "tricks" the kidneys into producing more,hence the higher BPs.you are right in that anything that high is way too high especially for an infant.what labs have they done so far,do you know?hopefully they have already done a full and complete lab value work up on him.i pesonally have never ever heard of an infant with high blood pressure.do you know of any possible kidney history in the family?I hope they can get this all figure out soon and get it back to normal.please keep us posted.Marcia