Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Should your blood pressure read the same doing consecuative readings?

In other words, if you take a reading on the Left side, record it, should it read the same on the right side immediately following the recording of the left side? and for that matter...does you Blood Pressure read the same on any part of your body within a close time frame?
Answer:
Your blood pressure should be similiar all over your body at any given time, within reason (i.e. if in your right arm it is 120/80, and in your left leg it is 160/100, this would not be within reason).Blood pressure can very a good bit from day to day, but should be the same within 10-20 points systolically (the top number) of each other whenever you take it on different parts of your body.If yours is varying radically, you should probably see a doctor. If you have high blood pressure, you should visit a doctor anyways to be monitored.RN

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