My bp is elevated the past few days. I want to believe it's due to stress that's going on. But along with that the Irregular Heart Beat symbol on my machine goes on every time I take my blood pressure. Is this cause for alarm?

It is probaly your high b/p causing it
however ask your doctor to know for sure
can you feel it happen?

Hi! No I really can't feel it happening. It happened for just a day. I am okay today. I was very stressed for the past week and I'm wondering if that is/was the cause. My blood pressure was elevated but it's come back to just about normal now without the monitor showing that symbol. I was terrified yesterday but much calmer today. Oh the joys!

What is your heart rate during this? Some BP monitors are touchy and even tachycardia can mess up the reading. I often have mine error - I suspect there may be some pvcs as I usually have strong palpitations at the time but not always tachycardia.

If you're concerned you can ask your doctor for an EKG or better yet, a holter monitor.

My BP monitor manual says that this symbol will go off if it detects 2 or more irregular beats during the reading. I find that mine will go off falsely if I move, talk, etc. Especially my cordless wrist monitor. If I'm not folloowing the instructions excatly and sitting still, holding my elbow, not talking, etc then the heart symbol shows up.

Thanks for your replies. My heart rate at the time can be between 110 and 120. I have been using the same monitor for 4 years. I went out and bought another just in case the monitor became de-calibrated. Anyway, the symbol has been gone since yesterday. I was under a lot of stress for a few days and perhaps that caused the reading. I had an ECHO and an EKG in February and everything was normal, so I'll just consider this, at this time, a non factor.