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Another fun factor I learned about five years ago is temperature. My gym was offering a complimentary fitness evaluation, which among other things included a bl
by buu700 2y ago
Another fun factor I learned about five years ago is temperature. My gym was offering a complimentary fitness evaluation, which among other things included a blood pressure test. The trainer was horrified to see 140-something over something equally terrible, and started explaining how she'd have to refer me to a doctor and advise that I refrain from strenuous physical activity, until I showed her a report from my annual physical a few days prior with 106/70. Turns out that walking to the gym in shorts and a T-shirt in late January causes enough vasoconstriction to really screw with some measurements.
- coatmatter 2y agoI once had a similar high outlier blood pressure reading after a somewhat busy day followed by running through the city to my blood donation appointment. Who knew that BP is affected by external factors and doesn't stay constant throughout the day‽‽
- matheusmoreira 2y agoHaving a full bladder will raise your blood pressure.
- ghastmaster 2y agoIt raises my heartrate as well. I know my bladder is full many times due to the heartrate rather than feeling my bladder. I'm not sure if others notice this. I assumed without looking at the anatomy that the arteries to the lower extremities are under pressure from the bladder.
- gcanyon 2y agoI had a similar trip to the blood bank once: I rode my motorcycle from Palm Springs to San Diego, straight to the blood bank, on a cold January morning. As usual, they took my temperature. It was 95-something. They said, "Are you feeling alright?" I said, "Sure, I should have worn better clothing for the ride down here, but I'm fine." They conferred, then took my cold blood :-)
- quinncom 2y agoThe first time I’ve seen an interrobang used in the wild!
- madacol 2y agowhat an AWESOME use of "‽"
- JTbane 2y agoAny exercise will raise your BP by quite a bit.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoNo medical advice should be given on the basis of a single blood pressure test. I've donated blood about a dozen times, my BP has been high on one or two occasions but only if it was a pattern after two or three times did they flag it up, and since it went back down the next time it was no longer a problem. They did send me letters about the amount of ferritine in the blood though; the first time it was too high (probably due to having a thing for food that turned out to be high in iron for a while around that time) and they advised I see a doctor for it, but it went down on its own after that. And the last time it was too low, but that's a normal thing if you donate blood a few times (it was every two months for a while), they basically don't summon you again for six months. TL;DR, a single measurement says nothing.