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What Causes Fluctuations In BP?

Hello, wife normally has blood pressure that is a little bit high . however, this afternoon checking it at hoe it is running low. What can cause this and what should we do, like now She has a scheduled Dr appointment and we will tell him. .
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Hi,

Blood pressure variations do occur at different times of day and night.

I would like you to check your 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, in which a recorder is attached to your body and checks your blood pressure for 24 hours, or record blood pressure twice a day in morning and evening for 1 week and then we discard reading for the first day, and calculate an average.

However, the cut off for diagnosing blood pressure is a little lower than normal values (average of more than 135/75 is called high blood pressure for both of these methods).

You can pick anyone of this according to your ease and consult your doctor if any treatment is required.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Muhammad Zahir Shah, Internal Medicine Specialist
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What Causes Fluctuations In BP?

Hi, Blood pressure variations do occur at different times of day and night. I would like you to check your 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, in which a recorder is attached to your body and checks your blood pressure for 24 hours, or record blood pressure twice a day in morning and evening for 1 week and then we discard reading for the first day, and calculate an average. However, the cut off for diagnosing blood pressure is a little lower than normal values (average of more than 135/75 is called high blood pressure for both of these methods). You can pick anyone of this according to your ease and consult your doctor if any treatment is required. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Muhammad Zahir Shah, Internal Medicine Specialist