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Re: Low blood pressure worries

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:26:34 -0600 (CST)

At Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Lisa wrote: >
>Hi,
>I'm asking this for a friend who is 14 and recently had his blood
>pressure checked by his doctor and it was quit low. He is very worried
>even though the doctor told him that this was normal.
>My question is why would low blood pressure be normal? And should he be
>doing anything to increase it?
>And is there a simple way of explaining what blood pressure is?
>Thanks in advance.
>
>--
>Lisa :)
>

You have to know what they ment with low Bp, at 14 generally Bp is lower than at 24. 

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
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Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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