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Don't read too much into a one-off BP test, They scared the sherbet out of me by referring me to hospital after a test at the GP's a couple of years ago. The hospital attached a machine to me to test me over 24 hours - those results were fine, turns out my blood pressure is okay unless I'm sat in a doctor's surgery thinking about my blood pressure ...
I test my own occasionally with a unit I bought from Boots - essentially the same thing GPs use - and it's amazing what a variety of results I can get out of it even by testing within a couple of minutes of the last one.
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Can second that besides that I have to take pills now because my BP is a little bit too high.
It was detected at a blood donation I was doing in regular intervals. Never had high BP before but there I had 220:100 and the doctor was about to send me directly to the hospital by emergency car.
PeejayAdams wrote: unless I'm sat in a doctor's surgery thinking about my blood pressure ...
That is happening too every time I'm trying a blood donation. Checking BP myself at home: All OK. Sitting there: Too high.
We call it "white coat effect" here in Germany.
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Interestingly my high BP was detected by the optician when i went for a regular sight test. The GP said that without opticians a lot of people would not be diagnosed until it's too late, as there are no real symptoms of the condition, but it shows up in the eyes.
Jochen Arndt wrote: We call it "white coat effect" here in Germany.
And the same here in the UK.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: my high BP was detected by the optician
They can also spot the very early signs of diabetes (via leaks in the retinal blood vessels) a long time before the symptoms become "doctor visible".
I have eye tests once a year - my mother had Glaucoma so it's a recommended frequency - but as yet they haven't said anything bad (other than "you need new glasses").
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OriginalGriff wrote: my mother had Glaucoma
Mine too, so annual tests also; but Specsavers have not recommended new glasses now for the last three years.
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40 years ago I was put on pills for high BP, was told "I would have to take these for the rest of my life." 39.99999999 years ago I stopped taking them.
Last 39.999999 years BP is always normal (even at the docs),
only problem I get now is some BP meters beep because my pulse it to low - resting pulse sits in the low 40's even after 2 - 3 morning coffees.
Also has the annoying 24 hour test because of missed beats (as if it weren't low enough already)
- result after that and more than a few other tests and blood samples over a few months:
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Unless you're a top level athlete that's a way too low pulse.
My dad had it too a few years ago, he has a pacemaker now.
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Wouldn't claim to be a top athelete but regularly ride and sometimes push myself to a continuous HR over 150 for a hour or so. Always feel better after a hard ride.
Much better then a few years ago when I would up in ER with heart attack symptoms (hence all the tests and re-tests), they never did figure out why but at the time they started talking about pacemakers or worse - the depression and misdirected anger that set in only agravated the symptoms. (I cwas a very bad person who put himself in a very bad place.) One day woke up and realised it wqas stupid to dwell on it, got off my ass, started getting sh*t done, pushed myself to extremes. Also got into some voulenteer work - that is a huge help to oneself as well but mostly had to be busy, always busy.
Happy to say last time I saw that doc and told him what I was up to he told me I was OK and not to come back. Occasionally the heart likes to rumble in strange ways, and by process of elimination reckon it may be food related.
But really learning that looking after yourself, and when you can other people with problems ... there's way more to being complete than healthy and comfortable.
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Lopatir wrote: heart likes to rumble in strange ways
Could be atrial fibrillation, something I have suffered with for many years, but now controlled with medication. The annoying thing about it was that it would start while sitting at my desk. Out on the bike for a hard 30+ minutes ride it never happened.
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I went for a checkup about two months ago and my BP was an astonishing 168 over 115 (I'm 36). They did some further tests, and made me buy a BP machine to record my BP every morning for a week. It was all over the place, still very high. Then they gave me a miniature machine to carry around all day taking my BP every 15 minutes. It turned out to be totally normal. The doc reckoned there was some kind of anxiety reaction to the fact that I was having it taken. Once I forgot the thing was on, I was fine!
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I had the same assault assessment a month ago, the nurse said that my blood pressure was just under the high marker, tested again and it was lower.
She then commented it may be because your here and don't like needles etc.
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Simon_Whale wrote: She then commented it may be because your here and don't like needles etc.
I can relate to that. I hate needles.
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I had my blood pressure done a couple of years back, 104/68
Not bad for an overweight middle aged, unfit, chap! 
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Munchies_Matt wrote: I had my blood pressure done a couple of years back, 104/68
That's the good news.
The bad news is that those numbers are in psi.
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Reminds me of a mean joke:
Do you know why the number 250 is so important to us two?
It's your weight and my IQ.
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glennPattonWork wrote: I produced a urine sample to order
You get to a certain age where you have to accept any kind of success you can get your hands on! 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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Losing weight can help with the BP - as well as a load of other nasties, such as diabetes, heart disease, strokes, some cancers - and it needn't be a drastic diet. I dropped mine by 8.5Kg in about six months (to go from an "Overweight" BMI to "Healthy") just by cutting out cr*p - no sweets, puddings, that kind of thing, and eating slightly smaller portions. The good things about this are that 1) You don't really notice as it's the same food as always, pretty much; and 2) that it's easier to maintain the lower weight afterwards that it is with a "crash diet" - which is normally followed by a celebratory binge! 
In the same period, Herself lost 14Kg - but she's a lot less sessile than I am.
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It's the sweets, the deserts, the sugars that are the worst IMO. Easily avoided unless you have a wife who likes to buy them for the sprog!
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void Health::BPHandler() const
{
if(BP > max)
{
getSomeBeer();
}
else
{
getSomeBeer();
}
}
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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glennPattonWork wrote: why do they make you do these things early in the am?
To maximize the annoyance, which is clearly a priority.
Wish you good health 
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What I can derive from this, is that in some point of time in the future, you are going to die.
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That makes sense after all the leading course of death is birth!
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glennPattonWork wrote: why do they make you do these things early in the am?
because you may not make it to the PM?
Seriously, lose the weight and lower the BP. No excuses. Sheesh.
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Confederate behind kid completely. (7)
I have to go out for a couple of hours shortly, so if nobody jumps on it quickly, ...)
Good luck,
Peter
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