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Blood pressure reading varying decently wide. Which reading is most true?
Posted on 7/2/25 at 1:57 am
Posted on 7/2/25 at 1:57 am
To start, 6'2", 186 lb. I was at an HEB and got blood pressure reading. I found that when I first sat down, my blood pressure reading was 120 over 69. However, over the next 10 minutes I proceeded to keep getting retested on the machine like 5 more times. After I sat down for a couple minutes, it then became 106 over 67. It repeated that another 2 times. One even got to 101/66. I did as instructed, turned palm upside down, did not cross legs, and had a polo shirt on that I barely rolled up, so squeezer only squeezed skin, no shirt. Nothing changed between readings but time sitting down.
I am guessing walking around HEB is what makes it go a little higher (120/69), then sitting a little bit made it (106/67). The top number changed much more than bottom. Top number dropped -14, and bottom just -2.
So which one is more true?
I am guessing walking around HEB is what makes it go a little higher (120/69), then sitting a little bit made it (106/67). The top number changed much more than bottom. Top number dropped -14, and bottom just -2.
So which one is more true?
This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 7:49 am
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Posted on 7/2/25 at 9:25 am to Saunson69
The longer you sit there relaxed the lower it will go. Your BP doesn't stay the same at all times. It varies constantly.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 9:38 am to Saunson69
Subtle BP flex is subtle.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:48 am to Saunson69
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Top number dropped -14, and bottom just -2.
That’s pretty much the same blood pressure. I don’t know why you’d worry about it.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 10:56 am to Saunson69
The lower pressures are most accurate,great BP by the way.
I take my BP at home occasionally,I sit 10-15 minutes before I take it.
Dr.office BP’s are often shite.Soon as you walk in they take it and it will usually be higher -activity ,maybe nervousness.Office personnel often don’t use good technique,cuff maybe too small or possibly too large.Sometimes cuff will be too loose or maybe too tight.
It’s best to get your own device,take it at home using good technique.
Time of day will often affect it also.My BP is highest in morning,lower middle of day and lowest at night.
I take my BP at home occasionally,I sit 10-15 minutes before I take it.
Dr.office BP’s are often shite.Soon as you walk in they take it and it will usually be higher -activity ,maybe nervousness.Office personnel often don’t use good technique,cuff maybe too small or possibly too large.Sometimes cuff will be too loose or maybe too tight.
It’s best to get your own device,take it at home using good technique.
Time of day will often affect it also.My BP is highest in morning,lower middle of day and lowest at night.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 11:29 am to LSUA 75
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Dr.office BP’s are often shite.Soon as you walk in they take it and it will usually be higher -activity
Hey, you, that's been sitting waiting for 20 minutes. Stand up, briskly walk 30 feet, let's get your BP!
Even the monitors you buy retail will tell you to sit and be sedentary for 10m to get an accurate reading.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 11:38 am to Saunson69
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So which one is more true?
All of them
If you sit on you butt all day, the lower one. If you are very active the higher one.
Like someone said, BP fluctuates all day based off physical and mental impacts.
The easiest to baseline is the one at rest though. If you want to have consistent tracking of BP, take it the same way each time. Random one off BPs are worthless, besides just making sure you are not at some crazy level high or low.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 11:42 am to Saunson69
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I found that when I first sat down, my blood pressure reading was 120 over 69. However, over the next 10 minutes I proceeded to keep getting retested on the machine like 5 more times.
Just out of curiosity... why?
Posted on 7/2/25 at 1:21 pm to Saunson69
Accurate BP reading requires sitting for 5 minutes, correct cuff size, using a manual cuff if needed and measurement taken at the level of the heart. BP norms are determined by height and age in pediatrics and based on a population bell curve in adults. Like most things falling outside 2 standard deviations is considered abnormal.
Taking vitals at the beginning of triage and not allowing the patient to sit for 5 minutes is a function of time. Got to keep things moving. If there is an abnormality you circle back and repeat BP or perhaps complete ambulatory measurements at home and then average the data.
If you really need a measurement stick a catheter into the heart and measure there.
OP measurements are normal.
Taking vitals at the beginning of triage and not allowing the patient to sit for 5 minutes is a function of time. Got to keep things moving. If there is an abnormality you circle back and repeat BP or perhaps complete ambulatory measurements at home and then average the data.
If you really need a measurement stick a catheter into the heart and measure there.
OP measurements are normal.
Posted on 7/2/25 at 2:41 pm to LemmyLives
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Hey, you, that's been sitting waiting for 20 minutes past your stated appointment time. Stand up, briskly walk 30 feet, let's get your BP! while I simultaneously go over a litany of questions about your overall mental, & physical health and family history
FIFY
Posted on 7/2/25 at 9:50 pm to MemphisGuy
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Just out of curiosity... why? ?
Maybe he's OCD like me. That's definitely something I would do.
A few months ago I went in for surgery on my eye. They took my BP and it was 186/100
I thought they would send me to the ER or at least cancel the procedure but they were unphased by it. They gave me a Valium and by the time they took me back for surgery it was within normal range.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:05 am to Jim Rockford
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I thought they would send me to the ER or at least cancel the procedure but they were unphased by it. They gave me a Valium and by the time they took me back for surgery it was within normal range.
Something similarish happened to me.
My BP at the doc is typically 120-130/80-90. I went one day and it was 145/95 and I was freaking the frick out. Doc seemed unphased and told me to get a good at home cuff and test every other day for the next 2 weeks. Went to Walgreens and got the best one I could find and found my actual BP is around 105/70.
I always thought the white coat hypertension thing was BS and that I was eventually going to have high BP, turns out I really am just a bitch at the doctor.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 10:17 am to MemphisGuy
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Just out of curiosity... why?
Would you rather be getting your blood pressure tested or be grocery shopping with your wife?
I'd say his blood pressure was dropping in direct proportion to the time spent away from his grocery-shopping wife.
I am not a scientist. Or a medical doctor. And I stayed at my home last night.
This post was edited on 7/3/25 at 11:45 am
Posted on 7/3/25 at 11:19 am to Odysseus32
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I always thought the white coat hypertension thing was BS and that I was eventually going to have high BP, turns out I really am just a bitch at the doctor.
Mine is consistently 100-110/65-70. Been tracking it daily for about a decade since Mrs. Cotten started.
Once, about 5 years ago I was freaking the absolute hell out about an appt, they took it and it was 175/110. I nearly passed out from panic seeing that number thinking I was going to have a stroke. Doc retook it maybe 20 mins later and it was 125/70. It absolutely fluctuates if you are nervous.
Posted on 7/4/25 at 4:13 pm to Saunson69
Did you see some hot arse@ HEB when you first walked in? Then just sat in the chair after that? That 'll explain why it went was up then went black down.
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