11 MISTAKES IN MEASURING YOUR OWN BLOOD PRESSURE

I have the best primary doctor at Stanford . This young man takes pride in taking care of his patients. He’s the reason my health is great. I cant believe that nurses are trained to take bp while engaging in conversation and under stress . I told the nurses to take BP WHILE A PATIENT IS RELAXING NIT WHEN A PATIENT IS UNDER Stress . I exercise my knowledge and understanding when it comes to blood pressure reading . I listen but I know what good for me .

Thank you 🙏🏾

My blood pressure is always lower at my dentist office than my doctor's office.

A headache lets me know when my BP is high. That plus a stroke lets me know when it's too high.

Thank you so much for sharing this great video with us appreciate ❤

Also use the hype button. Followers get three a week and restart on a Monday. But it's bizarre; many youtubers are complaining about this. AI production appears to have taken over as part of the... erm... takeover. As for perfect English, well many of us Brits um and ah so I think that's a false-positive.

Dunno Adam, it seems to me that we're at one of those technological junctures, where, and pardon my conspiratorial answer, I think the financial "elite" are tightening their social controls over all of us. For instance, here in the UK, don't assume if you can buy a house with cash. If the authorities think you have no means of proving where your savings derived, it's assumed that money is laundered and they won't let you buy that house.

I enjoy your videos; each and every one of them

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Great video, thanks.

Went to the ER last week for a urinary problem from having gotten dehydrated pretty much. That’s been taken care of, but when they did take my blood pressure I was laying down, wasn’t upset or anxious or anything. But I was pretty freaked out when I saw my blood pressure was 219/91 and my blood pressure is usually in the normal range. They had me lay down there for probably an hour and a half and they took it again, during the time I was laying down it would periodically automatically take my blood pressure and it went down to 40/61 much
better. And I have to drink more water and lay off the diet Pepsi. But I’m getting a blood pressure monitor today and I just wanted to know details and it’s provided a lot of information that I wouldn’t have known.

Blast oh blast I know that I’ve had it done on either arm. They do it based on which arm is closer to the medical person, nurse, PA or Doctor.
I never use table during exam. My knees don’t bend and the table is too high.

God bless you

Hello Adam Thank you for Wonderful information and Guidance

Before my annual check my doctor prefers I test at home for 7 days in the morning and evening, take two tests every time and then average the results, this way the doctor gets a more consistent result.
This is in the UK

Everything you said they do wrong in the doctor's office.

Thank you for thus advice Seba grateful.

Love your presentation. Keep coming.

And also the blood pressure kit does not work really well.
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How about taking your proper way of temperature?( by thermometer)

Would the same apply to blood pressure monitors that go on your wrist because I have one of those.

Good video and valuable information! Thank you for sharing!

Fantastic just bloody Fantastic video......much appreciated...

Is there a home BP monitor that you recommend?

see you doctor not youtube morons

So happy to have a great primary care dr that understands White Coat syndrome. He tells me to take the readings for 2-3 weeks before our meeting and bring those in because those are my true readings.

I am NEVER rested at a doctor's office!

Absolutely brilliant!!! Thank you so much! Now I know! 🙏🙏

I need some work done on my teeth, went to the dentist bout 5 months ago, he took my blood pressure, gave me a piece of paper to be signed by the doc so he can do the work. I've now gone to the doc 5x, and 2 different doctors cause the first one wanted to do all pap, mammogram etc etc and I thought wtf does this have to do with my bp? went to the 2nd and they wanna do the same thing. and still no paper signed. They've sent me for blood work, mammogram, a pap, in a couple week I go for an echo cardiogram. All I wanna do is go to the f'ing dentist!! Also they make about 5 of these mistakes every time they take my blood pressure, including taking my bp as soon as I walk in, and I ride a bike to the appointment cause it is literally a mile away from me. All I'm thinkin is wtf does a mammogram have to do with my "high blood pressure"?

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Sir ! Very useful video

Turning 70 next week. Sitting in my recliner chair having a coffee watching this at 9:30 AM, I'm prescribed ZERO ROUTINE MEDICATION, for anything, and I just got a reading of 120/69 with a 56 pulse. Should I go to Emergency? These days, here in Carney County, Dr.s do nothing unless you request it. Years ago when the Dr. entered the room they would look in your ears, throat, and take your BP. Then discuss your issue of concern. Not anymore.

When is 'artificially wrong' any different from just 'wrong'? They are not artificial numbers, they are just the numbers recorded, but they may be correct or wrong if the proper measurement technique was or was not followed.

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1:00 to 1:08 At home my upper number is in the 150's, but at tte Doctor 's Office (over the Shirt) they get 198-210's!

When my B P is 109/60 should I still take b p med

Thank you so much after watching your massage my eye are open ❤

If you drink caffeine daily & it gets your bp to say +150/95 etc then you'd wanna be on bp meds to counter that bp spike from caffeine since it's a daily thing.. 🤦‍♂️

Thank you. Good information

No wonder my BP was very high, the cuff pinched me so hard I would go home with bruising on both arms. Just that pain alone gave me fear of knowing they’re going to take my reading made it even higher. Now I have white coat and BP cuff syndrome so it will always be high. So now I got my own good cuff and write down the numbers to show to Dr

MY BP goes up immediately I get closer to the nurse on the BP monitor table.

This has been a challenge for me.

I agree with most of what he is conveying. I get really annoyed by the health practitioners who basically rush you through the tests and tell you that you have high blood pressure. I do my testings with an arm blood pressure device and wrist one and if done properly gives me the same readings. I also found out a way of lowering your blood pressure I've been doing for years without even being aware of it. I donate blood every 2 months.

May I know what's the reason why it needs to be on the left arm and not on the right?

Greetings from Malta. My name is Anthony. Wish to say Thank you for teaching me these tricks Sir. Loved your vid so much I just had to share it. Keep well, and may God bless you. 😊

I had no idea about the "2-finger" rule on the tightness of the sleeve. I always thought just get it as tight as possible. I have been tasked to measure my mum's blood pressure everyday as she has dementia, so I will try it immediately as from today. Thanks for the advice.