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Old 03-30-2008, 06:59 PM   #1
SHARON1952
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pauses

when i am taking my blood pressure i noteced the little heart sign on the machine pauses now and again does anyone else have this happen or could it be my machine i have not had it long
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Old 03-31-2008, 04:43 PM   #2
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Re: pauses

It is not unusual for people to have a skipped beat or a half beat of the heart. This will show up as a pause on the bloodpressure machine.

If it happens very often, see your doctor.
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Old 03-31-2008, 04:53 PM   #3
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Re: pauses

thank you for the reply it does hapen quite often i have been put on atenolol my doctor done my bp but did not say anything my heartbeat was very fast and bp up the doctordid not say anything about missed beats so i dont know if he saw it the atenolol have slowed the heartbeat and brought my bp down but i still get the mised beats when i use my bp machine i did get a thyroid test and it was a bit of as the doctor put it (whatever that means) the test is to be repeated i six weeks
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