re: Blood pressure ranges

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Some things that are important:

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1. Those wrist cuffs and a lot of the Amazon cheap auto BP machines can be off by 10%-20%. They are notoriously unreliable.

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Do not even bother with the wrist cuffs. Expensive or cheap, all arm BP's can be off. Bought one and it was off as much as 30 points on the top number. Bought another one (same brand and model) and been off by maybe 5 at most. Have a friend who is a nurse and when I buy a new one I have them test daily for two weeks against the best way (stethascope and manual BP cuff)

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2. You should never take multiple readings back to back. You will get varied readings. I am having trouble remembering the guidelines but you are supposed to wait a half hour or hour even between readings for accuracy.

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I would say once a day tops and maybe a check back in 3 hours if really out of wack (if high, lie down and rest, if low, hydrate). often the more you take it, the higher it goes and you wind up in a vicious cycle.

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One of the posters talked about taking that list to his doc.

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As you age, you should get a routine, and do daily so you can take the "trend" when you see the doc.

This could be a sample ...
Wake up
Weigh in
Check sugar
Check BP

Breakfast

Work

Nap

Not a bad idea to check your oxygen as you get older as it will look fine when up and active but may drop at night while asleep to a not so good number.