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To: ConservativeMind
If my BP does not increase when I stand up, I grey out instead.
So I thought that was normal.

4 posted on 03/17/2022 8:18:18 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: BitWielder1

If my BP does not increase when I stand up, I grey out instead. So I thought that was normal.


Systolic pressure always increases when you stand from a seated position. Who are they kidding?

One thing I’ve realized in the last ten years or so is that BP measurement is anything BUT precise anyway. Trying to automate it hasn’t helped. I’ve had a med tech using a machine take multiple readings in quick succession, and seen the systolic number vary by ~30 points. The superannuated metrologist in me recoils in horror at this sloppiness.


6 posted on 03/17/2022 9:03:39 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (qd4)
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