Vigilance is often suck " secondhand smoke." boy: careful adults hypertension

Hypertension in a certain extent and the patient's heart and kidney and lung and the organs in a human body have a certain relationship, now the smoking man next to many of the children, the children's health situation is worrying, because children are inhaled too much " secondhand smoke " later, would lead to their heart to bear heavy pressure, adult susceptibility to hypertension.

The United States researchers latest study found that, if the boy is often exposed to " smoke " environment, they grow up will increase the risk of later hypertension.

American Academy of Pediatrics published on 2 news bulletin says, the United States University of Minnesota researchers analyzed 6421 long-term passive smoking children about the data, draw the conclusion.

The data from 1999 to 2006 at the 4 national health survey, survey participation in children aged 8 to 18 years old between, they answered whether smokers live with such problems, and accept the major metabolite of nicotine cotinine detection.

Analysis found, often drawing " secondhand smoke." the boy's systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in the boy, which increases their risk of high blood pressure troubles grew up.

But " secondhand smoke " to affect girls is the opposite, i.e. those long-term exposure to " smoke " environment girl blood pressure lower than " exposure to secondhand smoke." the girl in the environment. The researchers think, cause the cause of this difference may be related to the female body to produce a resist " secondhand smoke" material, this kind of material can prevent the " second-hand" smoke on vascular damage. The researchers will have more thorough research to unravel the mystery.

Study author Jill Baumgartner said, although this finding may have on individual children with a clinical diagnosis of little significance, but if the population is large enough, can be found to significantly affect the.

He points out, at present the whole world has more than 1/3 children chronically exposed to " smoke " in their environment, and to participate in the investigation of children facing health threat.

On the adult guardianship, or adult smokers should pay attention to the children's side, to prevent more children from unnecessary harm.