Blood pressure results not showing

[historybuff24]

I have had terrible anxiety and I also have agoraphobia this past week.
I took my blood pressure in a drugstore and all zeros showed,I could not get a reading(3times).
My daughter then purchased a wrist blood pressure kit and that read my blood pressure.Why didn't a reading show on a cuff monitor?
I see a cardiologist and I am on meds for HBP.
This happened to me about 10 years ago at a doctors office when I had extreme anxiety.
I've recently had a multitude of tests that were all negative.
About a couple of months ago,I had AFib and was in the hospital overnight.It was gone the next day.That was attributed to dehydration from a diuretic.
Could extreme stress cause that to happen again?
Thank you.

[historybuff24]

Saw my cardiologist yeasterday and he said not to use store bp machines.
I do have long term stress that has raised my blood pressure, but it is in control.
I am not overweight, nor am I thin.
Anyway I'm happy to say all went well at the drs.
Thank you for all your replys.

[lvhguy]

As far as your AFIB question, the answer is no.
Stress is a no, unless it causes High bp or dehydration or you drank alcohol to relieve the stress.

AFIB is caused by high filing pressure of the heart number one due to long standing bp issues. Also by alcohol.

Whatever you have is not as transient as stress unless it is long term stress causing high bp which shouldve been treated no matter what

[lvhguy]

The reason why most BP monitors in the store do not work is that they are for old thin women. I dont know why they do this. But for many Americans they do not read their BP correctly.
Since most of America are obese, having a cuff size designed for arms less than 13 inches is diameter is just a bit silly.

So since you left out some critical information, what circumference is your arm? Are you obese? Are you morbidly obese? Being morbidly obese can easily hinder the oscillometric measurement that electronic BP machines use to assess blood pressure.

Otherwise, wrist monitors are poor substitutes and often read wrong. I suggest you have it done manually at your primary care doctors orrice, urgent care clinic where it is free, or your local fire dept.
If you are morbidly obese, then you have far greater issues to worry about. I assume you are given there is so much fat hindering the device from my experience. You need to start a walking program at a minimum of 90 minutes a day until you are within your ideal weight or you are greater increase of early death.
And your bp will normalize most likely in the process

[erijon]

Drug store BP monitors are not reliable, they are over used and rarely calibrated. If you got 000 it was most likely due to the monitor not being able to read your pulse due to a technical malfunction or even the cuff was too small.

I wouldn't worry as long as your home monitor shows your normal readings. I try not to use the public monitors anymore.

Good luck,

Jon