5-7% of children have abnormally high blood pressure. Pediatric high blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when one’s blood pressure reaches a predetermined threshold. In kids this is determined by their sex, age and height. In today’s podcast, we discuss the basics of hypertension—including common causes, risk factors, screening, symptoms and reading the systolic (top) and diastolic (bottom) numbers - with pediatric nephrologist Dr. Lavjay Butani. We debunk the misconception that hypertension is an “adult disease,” and explore why nephrologists, or kidney doctors, are the go-to physicians for children with high blood pressure.