Comments on: Get Accurate Blood Pressure Readings at Home

By: Hi. Jonas

Hi. Jonas — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:48:03 +0000

Is frequently checking of blood pressure dangerous to one’s health?

By: Chandra Johnson-Greene

Chandra Johnson-Greene — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:28:30 +0000

In reply to Julian. Hi Julian, unfortunately, that option is not available on our site.

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 07:23:03 +0000

Hi. How do unsee answers to posts contributed by readers in “comments” section? Thanks.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 16 May 2019 16:53:24 +0000

I have had hypertension since I was 28 years old. I was first told I had SVT and now I’m told I have a lot of PVCs. I have been on Inderal LA forever and Lisinopril for a long time but was dropped because my bp started to go too low. My cardiologist gave me Clonidine which I wouldn’t recommend to anybody. I was getting really high bp with that. I do find that anxiety does a number on me.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:31:35 +0000

I am currently taking 10mg of lisinopril. 1\2 tablet in the morning and 1\2 tablet after lunch. I was also on triameterene hctz in the morning. Was feeling so tired and lightheaded most of the day. Dr. told me to just take the lisinopril. Feeling better but blood pressure is usually high normal in the evening. She I still take the triameterene. Thanks for your help.

By: ellen lappalainen

ellen lappalainen — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 14:58:38 +0000

must blood pressure always be lower then 120/80 how about when the DR office is very very cold or temp out side is cold and you are shaking

By: Ian Wilson

Ian Wilson — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:30:57 +0000

The problem I see here is that there is no mention of age.I do believe a 20 year old will have a lower BP than a 70 year old. Wear and tear through the ages has to raise BP and probably for a good reason. dont think it would be a good idea to drop it with drugs.

By: Lin

Lin — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 21:28:25 +0000

I am having trouble getting accurate readings that I believe in , which is how I found this site. I have bouts of hypertensive crisis so it is very important that I measure what my blood pressure is between crisies to see how high it is to know how beat to treat.
One issue I have is when I measure my blood pressure twice in a row (1-2 min later) the second reading is always substantially lower than the first. Now the conventional wisdom might say well that’s great that’s because there was some kind of test anxiety for the first one which then come down for the second reading. But I do not believe that. It seems just as likely that by compressing the arm you change the brachial blood pressure just supplying that one artery. So your blood pressure centrally and elsewhere remains just as high but your arm then gives a false low reading the second time. I’d like to know where the guidelines come from that say averaging two or three readings is the better way to do it – what research study is it based on? (I think they make this mistake in the hospital too, if you’ve ever been in hospital for hypertensive crisis).
It also makes it difficult for me to calibrate how close to accurate my home monitor is compared to manuel in the office because of tbis confound. so it requires repeated trips reversing the order in which they take the measurements (between home machine and manual office )which I have been unable to do. Add to this that I have a very small arm and using the large coffee underestimate blood pressure (in me i think by 10 points but so hard to tell because of the order confound) and between everything I just have no idea what my real blood pressure is at home! I do not think these guidelines will help with my issues but overall they seem better than many
Do others find any consistent difference between first and second readings?

(@the poster henry let us know how youre doing. Yea docs and big pharma do at least as much harm as good. )

By: filip

filip — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:02:25 +0000

My BP was slightly elevated 130/90 at doctors office. So I lost 10 pounds, and readings lowered to average of 125/75. For three months I have been getting good readings with my home monitor. Last week the floodgates opened, and my stress levels went through the roof. I made the mistake of measuring my BP and now for two days they have been anywhere from 130/80 to 170/90. Which caused greater anxiety, and greater numbers. Don’t make the same mistake. Make sure you are relaxed (not anxious or panicky) when taking a reading. The article describes me to a tee. I will wait a week before any further readings, and FOLLOW the GUIDELINES.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:48:15 +0000

The doc went all-panic mode once he saw a healthy guy like me with readings like 130/80 to 150/90. He put me on drugs which made me feel terrible and I even nearly fainted during the first several days. It’s not smart to jump to conclusions based on a single symptom. Heck, I can violently fart and my blood pressure would go 200-something for a few seconds if I wanted, but that doesn’t mean I need to go to ER and get cut up into a drug-filled viral blog post piniata about organic foods and evil pork bacons.