Sorry you haven't gotten any helpful inputs. One reason is others, as is the case for me, have never considered or even been aware of "narrow pulse pressure".
A couple of things that occurs to me:
1) are your over emphasizing you BP condition
2) how accurate are your measurements
3) your BP readings don't look troubling to me, 114/88 may be a little high on the low end.
You may want to consider getting a general physical check-up and discuss concerns with the doctor.
Wish you a good and Happy New Year.
i mean to say in regards to bp measurements inthe last 2 years, ive have it checked by about 5-10 medical workers/apparatuses once one of those chairs at the drugstore, ya know, get bored with the manic lines sometimes) and i very much noticed the diastolic rise each time.
these are values from the last week or so--was taking them along with some other measurements more to possibly conjure some scientific experimnt i could expand on others.. irrelevant . here ar the values so thatyou can decide how much i am over emphasizing... im not sure if you meant 'being dramatic about' or 'focusing more than necessary on
110/90
105/80
100/78
98/86
110/85
105/94
105/85
108/82
110/90
110/88
114/88
114/85
110/88
110/82
106/86
110/82
112/88
115/95
110/85
95/79
102/84
105/75
110/90
108/88
108/88
120/90
108/92
oh, the second through 20th value were all taken on the same time, the others over 5, so the spread isnt any overall representation
I have had very variable pulse pressures from 14 to 135, but I don't know why. These are from the same day. It was a holter registering. I have not got any reason for that.
I forgot to give my age. I am over 60 years.
Okay, I did a little bit of research and learned that the pulse pressure (difference) is the difference between the Systolic and Diastolic and "normally" should be more than 25% of the Systolic - typically numbers in the 40 range, yours are indeed lower.
This looks to be an important "number" and one I have never paid any attention to, I will going forward. It seems, to my understanding, that pressure is indicative of (not a precise measure of) the left ventricle ejection volume. A low number can indicate a (serious, to my reading) problem. Thus, my conclusion is one should discuss with a doctor.
I believe the public BP testing machines at a pharmacy are reasonably accurate, that said I do find a variation from very normal, to low normal to very occasionally a little high. When I get a high reading I usually run the test again and it may go down some. In any case I will estimate that I check my BP about 2 or 3 times a week, depends on how often I pass one of those public testing machines. This seems reasonable to me, but if one checks their BP several times a day it is time to discuss BP issues with a doctor. It is my view that frequent checking of the BP may be one is obsessed with health issues/heart and that alone can cause out of range BP readings and heart rate readings. I think mostly too high, not too low, and until now I have never considered pulse pressure range.
I don't know what else you'll get here, we do have a number of contributors who know a lot more about the techncial details of the heart and clinical measurements, hope they will comment and correct any misconceptions I may have produced - again I just looked on the web to see what Pulse Presure is about.