question about BP machines and PVC's - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

yugokid · 03-16-2006, 08:12 PM

i have around 10k + pvc's a day and they are begine. The electric read monitors seem to give me strange readings ranging from 125/85 to 140/90.

Now due to the at least 4-5 extra heart beats (ie pvcs) could it be that they cause the machine to give a bad reading? cause about 4 times i got a bad reading...reading. Now i had a regular bp checker, the analog one, and i was round 122/81 thats when this all started a while back. Also if i take the test several times in a row, can it constrict the vains and cause a bad reading too? after the third time my ear got hot, and i dont know if its bcause i went from hot to cold to hot to cold to hot again (happened just like that too). Im on verapamil 120mg nightly. can someone explain. thanks

Lenin · 03-17-2006, 06:42 AM

I've found that any episodes of irregular heartbeat throws my monitor a curve ball. Maybe not all behave that way but if I feel a skipped beat while testing, I toss the result out.

Tamsin · 03-17-2006, 12:50 PM

When I was in the ER having my PVC crisis, the blood pressure cuff did not work at first. So yes, it can screw things up.