Adrienne Smith wrote:

>On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:34:29 +0900, Thomas Bridgeland
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>>Has this been a problem in the past? If it is usually low, it could
>>just be the result of a poor night's sleep, or an oncoming cold, or if
>>he did a hard workout the day before. BP goes up and down quite a bit,
>>plus the inaccuracy of the machines varies a lot. Have him get it
>>retested when he is relaxed and well rested and see if it is still high.
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I have also read (sorry, don't have a reference) that blood pressure
goes up quite a few points
if you are talking while they are taking it.  So he should be quiet and
relax during the testing.
And probably good to have it tested in several different locations, i.e.
pharmacy, nurse's office,
etc.  My BP is always higher in the doctor's office (called "white-coat
hypertension").  When mine
came up high, I had it tested at work by the nice occupational nurse,
and it was always normal.

    Lynnet