Blood Pressure

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Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2013
6:32pm, 6 May 2013
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Velociraptor
Nothing's wrong with any of these readings, FS.
FreshStart
FreshStart
May 2013
6:33pm, 6 May 2013
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FreshStart
Remind me not to be Dr Google! According to one website I have pre-high blood pressure *shuts webpage*
JenL
JenL
May 2013
6:34pm, 6 May 2013
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So, out of interest, just how high is "high blood pressure"? Or is it less about the numbers than about additional factors in combination with the numbers?
FreshStart
FreshStart
May 2013
6:35pm, 6 May 2013
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FreshStart
I was looking at this website bloodpressureuk.org
JenL
JenL
May 2013
6:38pm, 6 May 2013
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JenL
Yay! I seem to be ideal. Not that I'm at all surprised by that ;-)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2013
6:39pm, 6 May 2013
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I wouldn't start to twitch an eyebrow until I had three consecutive readings, taken on different days and from both arms, with a top number higher than 140 or a bottom number higher than 90.

I also wouldn't even mention blood pressure being "low" unless I had other reasons to think that the person might have Addison's disease or heart block or anorexia nervosa.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2013
6:42pm, 6 May 2013
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Velociraptor
And as far as I know even the QoF, which never passes up on the opportunity to deduct money from GPs' incomes for failing to identify patients as having non-diseases for which there is no agreed treatment, hasn't cottoned on to "pre-high blood pressure" yet.
FreshStart
FreshStart
May 2013
6:45pm, 6 May 2013
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FreshStart
Phew :-)

The same website seems to suggest that the pill may cause a slight increase in blood pressure so I'll blame the pill rather than my unhealthy diet.
JenL
JenL
May 2013
6:50pm, 6 May 2013
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JenL
So doe sthis mean I'm NOT "ideal"?

:: stamps claw
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2013
6:53pm, 6 May 2013
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Velociraptor
Aye, Jen, you're just ordinary. Sorry :(

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