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here are 11 mistakes that people do when

taking their own blood pressure some of

these things your doctor's office

actually does so we're going to go over

these because these mistakes can give

you artificially wrong numbers and if

you're given an artificially wrong

number that's high you may be diagnosed

or be concerned that you have high blood

pressure when you actually don't it's

because you're making a big mistake so

let's just jump right into it and get

into number number one number one is

using the arm cuff

over clothing so what tends to happen is

you put this thing on like so and you

don't put it on bare skin it's supposed

to be on your skin if you do it over

your clothing you know where your shirt

is here and you put it over your

clothing then what happens is it can

give you an artificially higher number

somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 to

20 points that is a big deal number two

your arm has to be at the Heart level so

if you're taking your blood pressure and

your arm is dangling down the cuff let

me see if I can get this organized here

the cuff could be down here but your

heart is up here so what you want to do

is put it in a place where you can raise

your arm up just a little bit rested so

your elbow is supported sometimes even

at doctor's offices they'll take your

blood pressure with your arm dangling

which can give artificial numbers number

three the blood pressure cuff is too

tight when you put this blood pressure

cuff

on what you should do is how do you know

how tight it is let me show you what's

too loose too loose is I can get my

whole hand in the blood pressure cup

when you tighten it there's a little

Mark here that says artery the artery is

on the inside of the arm if you make a

bicep for example like this it's

underneath the bicep so that Mark has to

be there let's do this hold on one

second there we go so the artery Mark

has to be on the inside part of the arm

now when you tighten it you want to

tighten it so that you can get two

fingers in between your skin and the

blood pressure cuff three fingers is too

much four fingers is too much so you

want to have it preloaded so tight so

that you can get a little bit of Wiggle

in that part in between your skin and

the blood pressure cuff if you put it

too tight see now I can't get my can't

really get my fingers in there

then it's going to read artificially

high so if you go to the doctor's office

and they put it on too

tight you're going to have a higher

number than what is considered normal

for you now number four is an important

one the true definition of high blood

pressure or

hypertension is an abnormally high blood

pressure at rest in other words you are

supposed to have the exam that tests

your resting blood pressure when your

body is at rest you're not supposed to

test your blood pressure after you've

run up a flight of stairs because of

course your blood pressure is going to

be high after doing that you're not

supposed to be testing your extremely

stressed and rushed blood pressure it's

supposed to be your resting blood

pressure so this is a problem because

what happens is you may have to go up a

flight of stairs to a doctor office you

may be walking in the doctor's office to

the doctor's office from your car you

may be sitting at the doctor's office

extremely stressed out then they rush

you into the room then they have you

jump up on the table and start taking

your blood pressure right away of course

your blood pressure is going to be

higher the true definition is you have

to be rested so the proper way the

textbook way of checking your your blood

pressure is to have at least 5 to 10

minutes of

relaxation prior to having your blood

pressure tested this is why many times

in a doctor's office they will check

your blood pressure at the end of the

visit or later on to allow you to rest

if the office is not allowing you to do

this then ask the nurse if you can have

5 to 10 minutes in the room to do some

deep breathing exercises and rest for a

moment because when she checks your

blood pressure she's supposed to be

testing your resting blood pressure not

your hyper excited

angry upset blood pressure number five

did you realize that a full bladder can

increase your blood pressure numbers so

when your body has a full bladder and

you have to go to the bathroom it

stimulates your sympathetic nervous

system kind of a fight ORF flight

syndrome a little bit and the problem

with that is you can get artificial

numbers by just having a full bladder so

make sure and empty your bladder prior

to having your blood pressure tested

number six your legs are crossed this is

another problem that technically happens

by accident when you're doing it

yourself because you don't know these

things you're how are you supposed to

know these things unless you study this

but you're if you're at a doctor's

office and you're on the table and your

legs are crossed that's going to

artificially low increase your blood

pressure and thus you get artificial

numbers so make sure that your legs are

on the floor supported in a relaxed

position number seven having some drink

that has caffeine in it such as coffee

or anything in your stomach can actually

increase your blood pressure a bit but

coffee in particular can increase your

blood pressure significantly because of

the caffeine sometimes 20 30 or even 40

points now it does take about 20 minutes

for the for the coffee to absorb into

your body to start stimulating the

sympathetic nervous system and the

caffeine to start constricting the blood

vessels this can last hours so if you're

a person that's doing your keto coffee

or you are um just having coffee in the

morning and then you have a doctor's

appointment an hour later you are AR

officially increasing your blood

pressure to significant numbers and of

course your doctor is going to think

that you have hypertension as a result

of that and it's that's not something

you can just relax away once the

caffeine is in your system it's in your

system so no matter how much deep

breathing that you do you're not going

to offset the caffeine so make sure your

stomach is empty for about 2 to 3 hours

before a doctor's appointment number

eight the wrong arm and this drives me

nuts when I go to a doctor's office and

the

nurse grabs this and then puts it on my

right arm I'm one of those people that's

just like rolling their eyes like

seriously the first day of school in

nursing school they have to teach you do

it on the left arm there has to be some

standardization of blood pressure

otherwise you could take blood pressure

at different times a day

different uh different arms different

everything if the person is taking your

blood pressure and they're doing it on

the right

arm already they're doing it wrong now

there are some cases where they might do

it on the right arm maybe you've had

surgery maybe you have uh a lymph node

problem maybe it hurts on the left arm

but you have to understand that when you

do it on the right arm that makes as

much sense as just taking your blood

pressure on your ankle or your thigh

it's not the standard way and the

textbook way of taking your blood

pressure I always think to myself idiots

but that's just me number nine doing a

wrist monitor rather than the standard

cuff of the arm the standard is to do it

on the arm there are cases where it

hurts too much but usually that's a

technical issue where there putting it

on too tight in the beginning or they're

pumping it up too much or it's an

automatic blood pressure machine that

doesn't have a feel for the human person

or The Human Experience so they have to

do it on the wrist so these are viable

options but they do tend to run a wee

bit more AC

inaccurate however they do ballpark it

for you so these aren't going to tell

you that your blood pressure is 200 over

120 when it's actually 120 over 80 it's

not that inaccurate

but within you have to understand that

if you check it on your wrist it's not

going to be as accurate as the true

method and the true way of checking your

own blood pressure you tend to see these

a lot in dental offices because they get

paid extra for doing what's called an

exam and your vitals is part of the exam

so since they have dental hygienist

checking your blood pressure and usually

dental hygienist every dental hygienist

I've ever been to always works from the

right side so they can't check your

blood pressure um on the left side

because they can't reach over the second

thing is the true way to check your

blood pressure would be in a seated

position waiting 5 to 10 minutes in a

relaxed environment and they just don't

have the time to do it so they slap

these things on write down the numbers

they get paid by the insurance for an

exam end of story so they're really not

that concerned about your blood pressure

in as much as just getting the numbers

down that's why I think they tend to use

these things number 10 talking during

blood pressure don't you hate it when

the nurse run rushes you into the room

they put the blood pressure cuff on the

wrong arm they put it over your clothing

your legs are dangling you have to go to

the bathroom and the nurse is asking you

questions like why are you here today

and while they're checking your blood

pressure you are absolutely going to get

inac accurate numbers when that occurs

you should not be talking during a blood

pressure test again the true definition

of a blood pressure test is you're

checking your resting blood pressure the

11th and final mistake when checking

blood pressure you can do this yourself

at home and sometimes it happens at a

doctor's office is you you take one take

of his blood pressure blood pressure

numbers High you get get medication the

one take one diagnosis method does not

work true high blood pressure is high at

every moment it's high when you're

resting it's high when you're excited

it's high in the morning it's high at

night it's high in the middle of the

night true hypertension is high

regardless but the true definition

ultimately is when it's resting if you

are resting and you've done everything

right and it's High then yeah maybe if

you're not going to change your

lifestyle and you're not going to change

your diet and you're going to continue

to smoke cigarettes maybe the best

solution would be medication for that

type of individual but ultimately if the

doctor only takes one blood pressure

test and then suddenly wants to put you

on medication that is a big mistake you

should be taking averages you should

also be taking it over time at different

times of the day so the doctor can

actually see what your true blood

pressure is throughout the day whether

you're rested at home rested at the

doctor's office because of the white

coat syndrome and maybe in the middle of

the day after a meal you want to see

what your blood pressure numbers do

throughout the day that's the true way

to diagnose hypertension so learning how

to use a blood pressure cuff yourself is

a value but you want to get the true

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