The Oracle of measuring blood pressure.

[BritManToo]

On 12/1/2024 at 11:08 PM, swissie said:

What's next? Measuring BP after having done 50 push-up's for 70 year old geezers? Catapulting everyone into a "high risk clientele", much to the delight of the pharmaceutical industry?

Nearly 70, my BP is normally 95/65 or lower.

The nurse tells me to do 2 laps of the waiting room then come back to try for a more sensible reading.

Edited yesterday at 07:58 AM by BritManToo

[DavisH]

21 hours ago, JAS21 said:

Well, I can’t argue with an AI cut and paste expert. If I wasn’t clear, I’m sorry but blood pressure drops fairly rapidly after exercise but it doesn’t drop down to normal straight away. It takes quite a while for it to completely return to normal. Basically same as the pulse rate.

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. 

[KannikaP]

On 12/1/2024 at 11:18 PM, jimmybcool said:

and lost 2 pounds (12 kilos for my decimal brothers)

ONE kilo = 2.2 lbs!

[KannikaP]

7 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Some may get a rise in BO,

Get some Right Guard first.

[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.

 

Edited yesterday at 09:08 AM by Moonlover

[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