Blood Pressure Machines Guide

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everytime i try, it doesn’t work.

If it doesnt work at all, you have to get it repaired. Usually the instruction manual is clear enough for a lay user.

These type of Bp machines are of little benefit better are the ones you use on your arm for a better more accurate reading.
The Wrist ones are not the choice of professionals.

if u have blood pressure monitor what the best way to check ur blood pressure ? is it ok to check it while setting in the couch and do u have to put ur hand stright like doctors or is it ok to put it in the couch plz let me know how to use from doctors or pharmcist or people with blood pressure

Better buy one, and follow the instructions given in the brochure. BUT it’s better if your doctor or paramedic checks your BP.

So I park my car at the local wal-mart and walk directly to the blood pressure machine. I sit down, press start and the first reading is 139/86. Then I immediately restart it and get a reading of 126/75. Then I immediately restart it again and get a third reading of 112/68.

Whats the deal? Which reading should I trust? Was my blood pressure elevated at first because I had walked from the parking lot to the machine?
taking the BP repeatedly in the same arm should have made the readings go up…not down.

Next time have your BP checked by a trained personal, and that the machine is properly caliberated.

I am a 37-year-old female. Hypertension runs high in my family, but usually later in life (like the 50’s). Nevertheless, I have a blood pressure monitor at home and the readings range from 104/70 to 115/75. At my gyno’s office the other day, the reading was 114/70; however, several days later at my GI doc’s office, they took the reading on my wrist and it read 150/94! What is the deal here? (It may be worth it to note that the GI doc’s office staff are very rude and make me very angry when I go in there, so I’m thinking that’s why my B/P reads so high over there, but is fine elsewhere.)

You are probably right. Many people get what is called "White Coat Hypertension", whenever they go to the doctor their BP runs high, this is quite normal.

Your BP varies from day to day and from hour to hours. One high reading doesn’t mean you have hypertension. Your readings are excellent, keep doing whatever it is you are doing. Since hypertension runs in your family you are doing the right thing by monitoring it.

Try to stay calm at the doctor’s office. If the situation is too much for you to handle, change doctors. That might be the best thing for your health.

I have just tried a home blood pressure monitor and the results are as follows;

119 Systolic Range
67 Diastolic Range

I am a 25 year old male and 5”10 in height and 13.8 stone in weight.

Your BP is perfectly healthy and normal. Well done.

Hi : )

I have been having a rapid heart increase upon standing for about 6 months now. The heart rate raises from 20 to 30 beats upon standing just about every time I stand.
It also seems to race while laying down just after I roll over after having been asleep. It does that every time, I roll over from one side to the other and it jumps 20 to 30 beats and then goes down after about 10 seconds back to normal which is about 60 beats while laying down.
My heart rate also goes way up and stays up when I am in the sun and it also goes up while I am in a hot shower. When in the sun or a hot shower it goes all the way up between 140 and 160 beats per minute.
While those sound to me like POTS, I am uncertain about the blood pressure. I know you are supposed to take your blood pressure while sitting down, but it is when I am standing that I feel the symptoms so I take it while standing on numerous occasions and it is always high(at least I think it is, can you please tell me?).
While I am standing and I take it it is pretty much consistent at 143/87 and the pulse is between 75 and 88 each time.
Occasionally the second number (Diastolic) is 90, 91, 92 and on rare occasions (about three times) I have taken it and the Diastolic is between 144/100 and 146/106 and the pulse was 86.
Sometimes drinking a lot of water seems to help keep my heart rate normal so I can stand without it jumping so high, sometimes.
If you could please answer a few questions?
First question is, does this sound like POTS or what does it sound like?
And second is does POTS raise blood pressure like what I am explaining I have?
I was just in the shower with my Dad because I take care of him and shower him and I had an episode and it really scared me.
I felt my heart acting funny so I felt my wrist for my pulse and I felt my heart just go thump, and then about three seconds later it started to beat really fast and then after about 4 seconds it went "thump" and the again about three seconds later it just took off racing again.
I got out of the shower and got my Dad safe and took my blood pressure and it was 163/96 pulse 97.
I take it with an "Omron" blood pressure monitor and I have had it calibrated at the doctors office and it is always correct in its readings.
When I lay down at night my blood pressure and heart rate is always really good, I take it in the lying down position and it is always like 106/55 and the pulse between 55 and 65 consistently.
When I take it sitting down during the day I take it right after sitting down. I know you are supposed to wait a while but I like to watch the transition from first sitting down and how fast it "normalizes".
So, when I do take it right after sitting down it is always about 143/87 pulse can vary between 70 and 90 and then each time I take it within the next 2 minutes, taking it one right after the other, it goes down each time to about 115/65 up to 121/78.
Can anyone shed any light on any tests I should have done?
I have already had a ct, a treadmill, a tomography an echo and a nuclear test and nothing has turned up.
The doctor did say he saw something in the nuclear test pictures but he couldn’t tell if it was something or not, he said the results he saw in the pictures were unequivocal explaining it could be something or it might be the picture. He said if he was a betting man he would bet it was nothing.
He said we could do an angiogram and that would really tell, but I haven’t done the angiogram yet because it sounded invasive and I wanted to read up on it.
He said an angiogram would tell if there was blockage or not and that if there was he could put a medicated stent in there.
Should I have the stent or have bypass surgery if there is blockage?
I am having a tilt table test tomorrow to see if it is POTS or if any other results show from that test.
I did smoke for many years and quit 8 years ago.
Unfortunately I also chewed tobacco for 20 years which I only quit 6 months ago. I had tests for cancer in the throat, nose and mouth and don’t have it there or anywhere else
My teeth are in bad shape and I have several cavities and my front tooth does feel like it is infected and I am having all of the cavities and the infected tooth pulled after the tilt table test.
Could my bad teeth be making my heart race and my blood pressure jump? They are pretty bad and the front one actually has an odor to it now.
I have been afraid to go to the dentist because the last time I had a tooth pulled the dentist broke a large piece of my jawbone which is why I have un-fixed teeth.
I AM going now no matter what to get my teeth fixed.
I was having PSVT symptoms before I quit chewing which is what made me quit chewing in the first place, but now that I quit chewing the sudden onset of PSVT like symptoms don’t occur anymore.
I am afraid that I have damaged the interior walls of my arteries from the constant tobacco chewing and they don’t have the elasticity (Like exercise hypertension), if
I was awake I had a dip in for over 20 years.
I’m really sorry for writing so much here.
I’m only 40 years old, I don’t smoke(anymore), don’t chew(anymore) or drink or do drugs, I weigh 195 and am 6′1 tall and I take care of my Dad who has Parkinson’s and my Mother too and they really count on me. I want to have all the info I can so I can treat this if possible whatever it is so I don’t leave them alone with no one to take care of them, plus I don’t want to die
Please, helping with any answers would make me feel better so that I have more information to ask the questions I should or if this is a common experience for people who have pots.
Heartfelt thanks for anyone who responds to my question : )

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (often referred to as just postural tachycardia syndrome or POTS) is a condition of dysautonomia, and more specifically, orthostatic intolerance, in which a change from the supine position to an upright position causes an abnormally large increase in heart rate, called tachycardia. This is often, but not always, accompanied by a fall in blood pressure.

Most POTS patients will see symptom improvement over the course of several years. Those who develop POTS in their early to mid teens during a period of rapid growth will most likely see complete symptom resolution by their mid twenties. Patients with post-viral POTS will also usually improve greatly or see a full symptom resolution. Adults who develop POTS, especially women during or after pregnancy, usually see milder improvement and can be plagued with their condition for life. Rarely, a teenager who develops POTS will gradually worsen overtime and have lifelong symptoms. Patients with secondary POTS as a consequence of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome will also usually struggle with symptoms for life.

Recovered individuals do complain of occasional, non-debilitating recurrence of symptoms associated with autonomic dysfunction including dizzy spells, lightheartedness, flushing, transient syncope, and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.
Tachycardia is often, but not always, accompanied by a fall in blood pressure.

Take care as always!

I’m a 39 year old prone to borderline high blood pressure. I am already on a beta-blocker to control it. It’s partially due to heredity and partially stress and anxiety. I’m in otherwise great health. I’m wondering how often I need to check my blood pressure at home to monitor it? I was doing it daily, but then read that it was harmful to do it this often. Thanks in advance.

You can check your blood pressure as often as you like as it’s not harmfull. I check mine once a day, in the evening after I’ve been sitting for a while and quite relaxed. If you feel any change in your physical condition then check it more often, but wait at least 5 minutes after you change body position to check..

The other day I had prime rib at Black Angus. Then shortly after I was shopping at Target and decided to try out the free blood pressure machine. It read pretty high, about 150/90. Could this be related to having eaten the steak or should I be concerned about being hypertensive? I normally don’t eat steaks or beef in general, usually have chicken. And my dad does have high blood pressure so it runs in the family but I am only 25.

You are already predisposed to hypertension on heritage basis, there could have been an acute rise in BP as your reading tells me.
Age nowadays is no factor for a disease to come out of the blue, due to change in modern life style, lack of mobility, stress, alcoholism etc.
Kindly have yourself checked out for any underlying cause.