bad home bp monitor? - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

mondago123 · 04-13-2005, 01:04 PM

i have posted before on here and i cant figure out if i have hbp or just anxiety or both? i bought a lumiscope i am not sure what the model # is!!! i get readings in the 130 occasionally but most of the time 120s and normal 116 117 118 119 over 70s and 80s!! when i first bought it i got a couple 140 over80 readings but i must have got adjusted to it!!! cause when i wake up in the morning i take it before i get out of bed and it is like 117 or 119 /70s and sometimes 60s when i get out of bed in the mid day or night i get 120s/70s or 80s and sometimes the machine will read ee for error !! well i notice that when it inflates the numbers go up to like 150 or sometimes 160 but it never goes up to 200 or so!!! is it a bad monitor? or does it not need to inflate as high as 200? any replies would be great

thanks shane

mgraylorn · 04-13-2005, 01:13 PM

It has an auto-inflate. It inflates up until a it reaches a certain pressure and then starts measuring downward. If it detected your pressure at or near the start inflation, it would squeeze your arm more and inflate upward to over 200 to start counting down. Its working fine.

When you take your pressure readings, are you sitting upright with your feet on the floor, and arm at your side so the cuff is level with your heart? That is the correct position to take your readings.

If you are taking your pressure while correctly seated and getting the numbers you are posting, you are fine, you do not have high blood pressure, which is defined as consistent readings of 140/90 or greater.

mondago123 · 04-13-2005, 01:54 PM

yes i do take it sitting up right with my arm rested on my leg and i do also let it rest on the table sometimes and it is 120s over 70s well i still dont know how to feel when checking it at the doc office and grocery stores!! i dont breathe like normal and i dont know if i should feel this way or if i have anxiety!! i also feel like i have to breathe from my stomach and i get that adrenalin feeling in my chest and tumy!! well thank you for the replies

shane

mrmojo · 04-13-2005, 02:40 PM

dont rest your arm on your leg you will get a high reading

sit in a chair & rest your arm on a table the table top should be about heart level

you can use the arm of an easy chair or couch if its the right level, i even use the window sill of my truck when im travelling

but if you dont rest your arm at the same level you will get different readings, resting it on your leg will give a inaccurate high reading

when you get the error messages its probably because you moved while taking the reading

mondago123 · 04-13-2005, 02:52 PM

thanks mr mojo but can i ask u something? do u have any difficulty breathing or do u get any like feeling in your chest and stomach like of adrenilin while checking your blood pressure either at home or in a docs office or even at the grocery store? i seem to feel my heart not only in my arm but in my chest or stomach!! is this anxirty or is this how a person might feel checking their bp? thank you

shane