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Blood pressure fluctuation

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Timii
Timii

Hi,

I'm writing right now because I need some help and advice.

I'm an 18 years old male from Germany, I weigh 69-70 kg and I'm 1.80 cm tall. I've never drunk alcohol regularly (maybe 4 glasse in total in my entire life) and I've never smoked either. My diet is actually not the best one, but I avoid eating too much sugar, I drink only water, even though my fruit and vegetable intake could be better (I usually eat one or two fruits a day, vegetables only indirectly at lunch or dinner if my mother casually chooses a dish which includes it). My salt intake is maybe really high on some day (for example one day I ate 500 g french fries for lunch and lasagne for dinner). I exercise 3 times a week (30 minutes jogging), sometimes rope jumping, although not regularly, sometimes I skip due to laziness and I do some push ups almost every day . However I have to say that my lifestyle is definitely a sedentary one. I think that I spend 90% of my average day sitting. That being said (thank you for your patience if you read to this point), here is my actual issue.

I first measured my blood pressure with a blood pressure monitor that you put on your wrist, which is famous for being inaccurate and considering that it was pretty old, I really thought it to be defective. On average I always got 140-149 systolic (I don't remember the diastolic value though), one day 133. So I went to a pharmacy  and let my blood pressure to be measured, I walked 5 minutes and when I arrived I rested 5 minutes, the systolic value was 149 (they used that blood pressure monitor you put on your arm). So immediately, I went to the doctor who is basically 50 m away from the pharmacy. I sat for roughly 15 minutes in the waiting room and my doctor measure my blood pressure twice , both times 115 systolic, which is supposed to be normal.

So this is my question: How can my blood pressure fluctuate so drastically in a timeframe of 20 minutes? I'm really worried and confused.

Thank you very much and I'm sorry for my "novel"

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  • Gillian_68
    Gillian_68 Timii

    Posted

    Hi 

    Blood pressure can fluctuate for numerous reasons, that’s why we’re told to take several readings a day. Food can elevate the readings, tea, alcohol, stress, exercise etc. I wouldn’t worry too much about the readings unless their consistently high. The wrist monitors aren’t that accurate, remember to calibrate your BP monitor every year. 

    • Timii
      Timii Gillian_68

      Posted

      Thank you for your answer. But still my blood pressure fluctuated very badly (from 149 to 115) in 20 minutes. I didn't eat nothing in between.

    • Gillian_68
      Gillian_68 Timii

      Posted

      Mines does too, think a lot of people are prone to that hat happening. It doesn’t worry me, probably because it’s quite common for this to happen. 
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