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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2364956" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Very interesting post. I think it's one of those things that (unless sky high or extremely low) it's different for everyone, a bit like cholesterol. Mine is always around 120/90 whenever it's taken at the Docs so they go through the 'what is causing it list', weight - NO (thin), lack of exercise - NO, runs every day, etc . They um and ah and at one stage I went on a ambulatory BP monitor for 24 hours (had to go private). It showed that actually MOST of the time my BP was bang in the middle of normal and fairly low at night. So the once every 6 months check was pretty useless on its own. My point being, that the odd BP test is nothing more than a snapshot and it is VERY easy for a GP to assume it's because of someone's weight etc when it could be due to just about ANYTHING. Why do they ALWAYS put these things down to the physical appearance of the person before them and as usual just assume that if you have a certain condition ALL these things you haven't got must be treated anyway? [USER=41885]@lucylocket61[/USER], have you ever had an ambulatory test? x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2364956, member: 451727"] Very interesting post. I think it's one of those things that (unless sky high or extremely low) it's different for everyone, a bit like cholesterol. Mine is always around 120/90 whenever it's taken at the Docs so they go through the 'what is causing it list', weight - NO (thin), lack of exercise - NO, runs every day, etc . They um and ah and at one stage I went on a ambulatory BP monitor for 24 hours (had to go private). It showed that actually MOST of the time my BP was bang in the middle of normal and fairly low at night. So the once every 6 months check was pretty useless on its own. My point being, that the odd BP test is nothing more than a snapshot and it is VERY easy for a GP to assume it's because of someone's weight etc when it could be due to just about ANYTHING. Why do they ALWAYS put these things down to the physical appearance of the person before them and as usual just assume that if you have a certain condition ALL these things you haven't got must be treated anyway? [USER=41885]@lucylocket61[/USER], have you ever had an ambulatory test? x [/QUOTE]
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