Odd Blood Pressure

[pressure7]

I would appreciate it if someone could give me an explanation for conflicting Blook Pressure Readings.   I attended the Heart and Stroke Clinic yesterday and obviously had my Blood Pressure taken.

                                                       Left arm      114 over 60                                                        
                                                       Right Arm   148 over 82    

These readings were taken one after another.    
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[pressure7]

Thanks Remar

Will let you know in a week or so what the readings were.

[remar]

Oh good. I'm glad to hear you already have an appointment set up. Try to stay calm, and make sure they don't rush you. Like I said, you need to sit still for several minutes to get a good reading. Please let us know how things go and try not to worry, okay.

[Occupant]

I wasn't trying to espouse a particular theory nor trying to defeat it. All I am saying is that my blood pressure on occasion will spike to values just like yours and that can happen within minutes of a lower reading. I have no explanation other than that I know, I have higher than normal levels of epenephrine in my system - e.g I can't take regular injections of Novocain at the dentists office.

[pressure7]

Thank you for that advice.

I have an appointment with the nurse in a weels time to check blood pressure etc. I will ask her to take it on both right and left side and see what the reading it reads then.

I feel sure it must be ok otherwise, surely, the hospital would have kept me there longer and monitored me.  I am probably worrying unnecessarily.

[remar]

It would probably be a good idea to stop in at your Drs office and have them check your pressures. You need to be sitting still with your feet on the floor for 5 to 10 minutes to get a good reading. If there's still that big of a difference then you can ask your Dr what might be going on.

[pressure7]

Many thanks for your reply.

I too believe you know your own body best and I don't blame you for experimenting your plumbing system.  I think I will refrain from running out and buying two monitors just yet.   Interesting theory though.

[pressure7]

Many thanks for your reply.

As I usually suffer from low blood pressure, I was a little worried at how high it was on the right side.  Even the person who took it said there was a big difference between the right and left.  I only hope she registered it with the Chief Cardiologist after I left.

I am not sure if I should be concerned or not.  

[pressure7]

Thank you for replying.

They used an electronic machine.  

I usually have low blood pressure - anything between 95/57 to 115/60 -65.

[Occupant]

I have had this happen in the doctors office using a regular manometer, although, the difference from left to right wasn't quite as high as yours. It was explained to me as a "plumbing" difference in my arteries. Not being a believer into anything that somebody tells me, I bought another electronic blood pressure monitor (I already had one and have been using it for years without any problems) and but one cuff on each arm and triggered them simultaneously. The difference was within 3-4 mmHG, easily explained by "plumbing". The result of this is that - and I confirmed this multiple times hence - my blood pressure just spikes sometimes for no good reason, at least one that I can think of.

[vrao]

Did they use the standard or electronic one?

Vidhya

[ed34]

I never have any luck with those electronic blood pressure monitors. I was in my local pharmacy the other day and took my BP. It said 148/104. I waited just 20 seconds and re-took it. This time 128/88. I remember at rehab, the readings were never anywhere near each other.