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High Blood Pressure
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Had my B12 injection this morning and whilst there the nurse took my BP reading - apparently the bottom reading was 109 and didn't go down no matter how many times she took it!
She is speaking to the doctor this afternoon but in the mean time I am booked in for a 24 hour test next week.
Is the reading high?
What is the 24 tape test that she mentioned?
What can I do to get my blood pressure down?
She is speaking to the doctor this afternoon but in the mean time I am booked in for a 24 hour test next week.
Is the reading high?
What is the 24 tape test that she mentioned?
What can I do to get my blood pressure down?
Answers
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Chances are at home your blood pressure will be lower anyway. The 24 hour monitor is a standard bP cuff around your arm that will operate automaticall
11:22 Fri 25th May 2018
Maybe the tape is the belt you wear around your waist during the test http://
Chances are at home your blood pressure will be lower anyway. The 24 hour monitor is a standard bP cuff around your arm that will operate automatically at intervals during the whole 24 hours. They call it a tape simply because the old machines gave the results on a strip of paper. Now they upload usually wirelessly to a pc. Much better than having a few readings the conventional method and safer if there is a chance medication will be started based on the results.
Islay, don't freak out or worry, I only had that test a few weeks ago, it's ok, it's just the bp sleeve on your upper left arm connected to a monitor clipped on with a belt, at first it goes off every 20 mins (mine did anyway) and come nightfall, it goes to every hour, I rem my neighbour (in my old house) getting it, she was a divil, you're supposed to carry on as normal what you usually be doing on that day, I'll always rem my neighbour took to the bed to relax. She was so relaxed and the reading so unlike what they expected, they called her back a month later - it's harmless, after a little while you'll get used to it on your arm, maybe you have white coat syndrome ;)
There is nothing to freak out, about the 24 hour BP test .
They will place a cuff on your upper arm which is attached to a small machine , which is placed in a pouch and hung by a sling around your shoulder , so the machine hangs by your side .
The cuff will inflate at whatever interval it's set to so do and the BP reading will be taken .
The idea is to go about your normal daily activities over the 24 hour period .
You can't have a shower or a bath while the device is in place ( obviously )
They will place a cuff on your upper arm which is attached to a small machine , which is placed in a pouch and hung by a sling around your shoulder , so the machine hangs by your side .
The cuff will inflate at whatever interval it's set to so do and the BP reading will be taken .
The idea is to go about your normal daily activities over the 24 hour period .
You can't have a shower or a bath while the device is in place ( obviously )
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