Only in Canada, though.

That's nice, but studies have shown that the leading cause of one-arm blood pressure machine related deaths is a zombie infested mall.

Oh crap I am so screwed .. I haven't been measuring blood pressure in either arm

Great! Now I can sue my doctor for malpractice because he only takes blood pressure readings from my left arm!

Clearly the risk of death associated with checking your blood pressure is too great. Avoid checking your blood pressure at all costs!

Russ1642: cmunic8r99: Who has the xkcd comic about redirecting mobile browsers to the wrong place?

I love how so many news organizations have such a terrible web experience and then complain about lack of traffic and dwindling dead tree subscriber base. My favourite, even more than the redirect to a home page, is when you can't tell what city, state, even country a local news site is based in. They think that calling themselves the local news will suffice.

Hell yes. Especially since I'm always ending up on "local" new sites from Fark.

Fortunately, every time I have my BP measured, the nurse basically says "WTF? Lets try the other arm" so its all good.

Dr. Richard Kimble does not have a problem with this study.

Jument: Russ1642: cmunic8r99: Who has the xkcd comic about redirecting mobile browsers to the wrong place?

I love how so many news organizations have such a terrible web experience and then complain about lack of traffic and dwindling dead tree subscriber base. My favourite, even more than the redirect to a home page, is when you can't tell what city, state, even country a local news site is based in. They think that calling themselves the local news will suffice.

Hell yes. Especially since I'm always ending up on "local" new sites from Fark.

If they can't get content and metadata right, what makes you think they can get the .htaccess (or, more likely, Web.config) to be designed to perform something reasonable?

I have never seen or heard of testing BP in both arms at once. Certainly never had it done to me.

MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS 200/180
FORTUNATELY I CHECKED MY OTHER ARM AND IT IS ONLY 120/64

RubberBabyBuggyBumpers: Dr. Richard Kimble does not have a problem with this study.

I didn't kill my wife.

Systolic blood pressure differences between the left and the right arm could be signs of vascular disease and increase your risk of dying,

I think I'd prefer to keep my chances of dying at only 100%, not any more than that.

brantgoose: Shakespeare's Monkey: A lot of men suffer from localized high blood pressure.

I suffer from localized blood pressure. It is only high within thirty feet of my wife.

(rimshot)

But seriously, I suffer from localized blood pressure but only in Texas.

Why Texas you ask?

All of my ex-es live in Texas.

(rimshot)

My doctor takes my blood pressure from both arms at the same time.
That's when he presents me with his bill.

(rimshoot)

Thank you, thank you. You've been a really great crowd. Very restful. Remember to tip your waiters. They're obviously not going to make it as rent boys. Goodnight, everybody!

Good night, Doctor Nick!

ISO15693: Fortunately, every time I have my BP measured, the nurse basically says "WTF? Lets try the other arm" so its all good.


I've had my blood pressure read in both arms. I get the same readings from both arms: 90/60.

FizixJunkee: ISO15693: Fortunately, every time I have my BP measured, the nurse basically says "WTF? Lets try the other arm" so its all good.


I've had my blood pressure read in both arms. I get the same readings from both arms: 90/60.

That's a little low, isn't it?

Actually, the AMA has decided that blood pressure should be taken by the carotid artery. Finding a cuff big enough to fit around a patient's neck is a real biatch though.

/drtfa

FTFA: "The next time you get your blood pressure checked, make sure it's measured on both arms. Doing so could save your life, a new study has found."

I guess the news is slow getting to Edmonton, since this has been known for about 50 years. And it's only necessary to measure the blood pressure in both arms if vascular disease is suspected. For the average check-up, it isn't useful.

a nurse friend of mine told me the story of a chemo patient who potentially died because everyone told him that "it's fine to take your blood pressure over your clothes", either not knowing or caring, that the amount of chemo drugs he was receiving was dependent on his blood pressure, throw off that measurement by a percentage, too much drugs in his system, kidneys shut down.

BronyMedic: offmymeds: FizixJunkee: ISO15693: Fortunately, every time I have my BP measured, the nurse basically says "WTF? Lets try the other arm" so its all good.


I've had my blood pressure read in both arms. I get the same readings from both arms: 90/60.

That's a little low, isn't it?

It depends. My normal is 90-100 systolic (top number)

Of course, if your normal is 130 systolic and your now in the 80s and 90s, that's a bad thing.

I've been led to believe that 120/80 is 'normal'. My normal readings actually do run in the 90-100 systolic, but that may be due to the fact that I'm on several blood pressure medications. Sometimes they seem to work a little too well.

Reminds me of the time I took my cat to the doctor, and they checked her blood pressure using her tail.

120/80 is actually pre-hypertension. Anything under 120/80 is considered 'normal'.

CSB- my company made the blood pressure kiosk pictured in this article.

BronyMedic: offmymeds: FizixJunkee: ISO15693: Fortunately, every time I have my BP measured, the nurse basically says "WTF? Lets try the other arm" so its all good.


I've had my blood pressure read in both arms. I get the same readings from both arms: 90/60.

That's a little low, isn't it?

It depends. My normal is 90-100 systolic (top number)

Of course, if your normal is 130 systolic and your now in the 80s and 90s, that's a bad thing.

My Doc got a little overenthusiastic with the "Lets lower your blood pressure" game. I started off in "average" whatever that was, and ended up back in his office with a nurse telling me "You're 65/40. Are you feeling okay?" which is about all I remember about that day. Doctor decided not everyone needs to lower their BP after all.

Out with the Lisinopril. Hah, I can even eat salt!

I do suspect readings between the two arms will not be entirely consistent.

And it's only necessary to measure the blood pressure in both arms if vascular disease is suspected. For the average check-up, it isn't useful.

How is it not useful to spend an extra minute to possibly find out that you need to watch for vascular disease? If it has few other symptoms, how do you decide whether it should be suspected? Having your blood pressure checked in both arms is one of the few free medical diagnostics you can get, so why not do it?

I'm usually 145/100

I had a very bad reaction to withdrawing from Effexor though, back in 2004 or so, and it was insanely high, like 270/170 - the ER dr said they were amazed I had driven myself to the ER - and that I was a "walking stroke-any-minute" at that pressure.

I had another horrible reaction to my first flu shot a few weeks ago, and my BP plummeted to 90/40 and I felt like I was going to die/freeze. I think I am allergic to the shots (or the egg matter in them)

I discovered this on my own after buying a monitor for home use. I'd always checked out healthy on the left arm and that's what was always used at doctor's offices or when using those machines like in the article. Anyway, turns out my blood pressure in my right arm is almost always significantly higher than my left. 100/60 on the left and 145/80 on the right is typical. Last summer, I went to the ER with heart palpitations and was put on a regimen of benzos and beta-blockers, which helped me feel better, but I still have a disturbing differential in arms when tested. They did some tests for heart damage and such in the hospital, and found nothing. Further tests were/are warranted but being that I have no insurance, are not happening. I'm lucky if I can afford my $80 doctor visit and refills every two months (also have asthma medications and am diabetic but have no medicine for that). So, no stress test or imaging tests for me.

Also along with taking pressure in both arms, doctors need to become more aware of the importance of pulse pressure (the difference between the two numbers) in indicating potential problems.

I have a risk of DYING? Wait, not possible - when I arrived on this planet 1,700 years ago I was given the choice of "dying" or "not dying" and I specifically chose the "not dying" mode.

FTFA: ..."increase your risk of dying."

W.

T.

F.

Do you know what my risk of dying is? 100%. It's also YOUR risk of dying, and everyone else that's currently alive. Do you know who has the LOWEST risk of dying? DEAD PEOPLE.

Oh c'mon. The risk is 99.9999% at best.