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Today I have the dubious privilege of wearing a 12 hour BP monitor following my over-enthusiastic GP wanting to check my "lows" rather than my "highs" because I'm one of those people whose BP drops suddenly sometimes on movement from bending to standing, and after meals. However, I was shocked to see a rather low reading this afternoon mid-walk. I would have expected it to be higher.
The monitor takes readings every half an hour. The reading before my walk was 120/66, which is normal for me. 10 to 15 minutes into the walk (dog walk) the monitor bleeped and took a reading. It was 90/53. Half an hour later, after having returned from walk and whilst sitting, it was 105/70, and half an hour later, still sitting, it returned to 125/63.
I always understood that exercise, including walking, raised BP during the event. Anyone know why this happened to me?
The monitor takes readings every half an hour. The reading before my walk was 120/66, which is normal for me. 10 to 15 minutes into the walk (dog walk) the monitor bleeped and took a reading. It was 90/53. Half an hour later, after having returned from walk and whilst sitting, it was 105/70, and half an hour later, still sitting, it returned to 125/63.
I always understood that exercise, including walking, raised BP during the event. Anyone know why this happened to me?