• Blood pressure questions.
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I had general health check today. Sort of had to rush there and I had a headache earlier, everything was fine but my BP was 152/85. Is this alright due to me rushing?
i have a book on it near me, it says your level is normal for diastolic pressure systolic is borderline hypertension. but yeah... you should be relaxed for an hour before you take the test, you've now buggered your medical history. :) [editline]3rd April 2014[/editline] in all seriousness, blood pressure is affected by what you think about too so it's not all that accurate unless you do the test about 10 times.
What was your blood pressure the last time you measured it? Not to mention that physical activity just before the test will cause it to increase, and nervousness during testing also causes it to rise.
Anything that causes your heart to beat faster like exhaustion of nervousness causes your BP to rise So keep that in mind if you get your BP taken again
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