The most accurate blood pressure measurements are taken at home. That is because the pressure measurement in many doctor’s offices is done incorrectly. The biggest problem is the nurse move patients from the waiting room to the exam room and takes the blood pressure right away. It is very likely to be higher than it really is because even that much exercise temporarily raises it. The reading is artificially high. Your blood pressure is like any other test in medicine. It must be accurate to be helpful.
True!! My doctors office reading is often 50 points higher than at home. I had a never seen before doc scare the cookies out of me during a preop after an accident. I was frightened as this was a major surgery on the arm I do everything with. Duh. Of course I would be elevated. Every doc after that got the same high readings requiring higher meds. Finally my functional medicine doctor slowly worked with me on several issues and knows when I’m there it’s higher so I do 5 days of relaxed readings and send them to her now and then. I now am in only a 25 mg Losartan. 75 this year. Very normal readings now.
That is great! Pain always raises your pressure also. Losartan is a fantastic medication. It does not merely lower the pressure, it makes your artery more normal. It restores more normal structure and function.
True!! My doctors office reading is often 50 points higher than at home. I had a never seen before doc scare the cookies out of me during a preop after an accident. I was frightened as this was a major surgery on the arm I do everything with. Duh. Of course I would be elevated. Every doc after that got the same high readings requiring higher meds. Finally my functional medicine doctor slowly worked with me on several issues and knows when I’m there it’s higher so I do 5 days of relaxed readings and send them to her now and then. I now am in only a 25 mg Losartan. 75 this year. Very normal readings now.
That is great! Pain always raises your pressure also. Losartan is a fantastic medication. It does not merely lower the pressure, it makes your artery more normal. It restores more normal structure and function.
Exactly. Proper measurement is essential.