The Oracle of measuring blood pressure.

[Moonlover]

18 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

Don’t rely on smart watches ,with taking bp at the wrist

Yes I agree with that. I've checked mine against my Omron BP monitor and it is well off the mark.

 

I only regard my smart watch  as good for recording my daily step count (from which it derives distance and calories used) and my heart rate whilst I'm out on my walks. I wouldn't rely on it for anything else, despite its many claimed attributes.

 

[JAS21]

5 hours ago, DavisH said:

Mine will do this too. Exercise will dilate the blood vessels, so BP may even dip below normal temporarily. Some may get a rise in BO, but I found for me, its would cause my normally high BP to lower for a while. But since that time, I started using BP meds. 

I did a couple of 30 minutes walks today …At a reasonably fast pace for me … this morning it initially dropped to below normal but this afternoon just the opposite. I take a very small amount of beta blocker and a very small amount of titrace each morning.

 

The beta blocker since I had Covid in January and the ACE inhibitor since 1993 after MI and double bypass …yeah I have a bad history but have made it to 79 years old, hope for a little more ………

[3NUMBAS]

Golf courses seem to claim lives ,2 I knew had heart attacks playing golf ,and couldn’t be saved despite defibs being handy

[Sheryl]

in keeping with forum rules a number of video clips from youtube etc have been remioved. these are nto authoritative sources of medical information. You can find someone saying just about anything on youtube, if you look for it.

 

@swissie I don't know where you heard that it is no longer reocmmended to measure BP at rest but this is nto correct.

 

It remains standard recommendation to measure BP sitting down, relaxed, at rest.

https://www.cdc.gov/high-blood-pressure/measure/index.html

 

Transient rises in BP while physically active or stressed are to be expected

 

[HighPriority]

@Sheryl welcome back. 

[swissie]

On 12/5/2024 at 8:55 AM, Sheryl said:

in keeping with forum rules a number of video clips from youtube etc have been remioved. these are nto authoritative sources of medical information. You can find someone saying just about anything on youtube, if you look for it.

 

@swissie I don't know where you heard that it is no longer reocmmended to measure BP at rest but this is nto correct.

 

It remains standard recommendation to measure BP sitting down, relaxed, at rest.

https://www.cdc.gov/high-blood-pressure/measure/index.html

 

Transient rises in BP while physically active or stressed are to be expected

 

I am insured within a HMO concept. So I get my treatement(s) in their "Health Center". 12 Doctors are working there. They came up with this idea.

I best ignore their new idea as they seem to be the only medics that propose this new measuring procedure worldwide.

OR: Could it be that my COPD affects my BP overproportionally "under normal life conditions" and this is why they want to know those readings in my case? Any connection between COPD and BP?

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, swissie said:

I am insured within a HMO concept. So I get my treatement(s) in their "Health Center". 12 Doctors are working there. They came up with this idea.

I best ignore their new idea as they seem to be the only medics that propose this new measuring procedure worldwide.

OR: Could it be that my COPD affects my BP overproportionally "under normal life conditions" and this is why they want to know those readings in my case? Any connection between COPD and BP?

People with COPD often have high blood pressure but there is no reason to measure BP differently in people with COPD.

 

What these doctors are doing is their own idea and not supported by medical science.