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weak pulse

ive got a weak pulse in my wrists seen 2 doctors they don't seem to be to fussed by it had blood pressure taken witch was normal should i be concerned
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ye thanks for that just got a bit scared but sin 2 docs just thought id ask on here lol
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I wouldn't worry about this at all...alot of times pulse rates are tough to take for many people in the wrist area for a variety of reasons...what you can do is to take two fingers not the thumb and not the index finger and place them center of your neck either on the right side or left side of the neck along the windpipe center and press in...you should have no issues catching your pulse at that area.  A word of warning tho...do not press in on both sides of the windpipe/neck area at the same time you could cause yourself to pass out by cutting off your bloodflow/oxygen....its a secondary way to take your pulse.  Hope it was helpful.
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