BLOOD PRESSURE HIGHER WHEN STANDING ?

Heart health and blood vessels
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I've been monitoring my blood pressure very carefully and I've noticed that it increases by some 30 points when I stand up..Example...a sitting down reading could be 128/88..but when I take a reading 3 or 5 minutes later standing up on dame arm..

The reading is something like 155/102.

Any ideas why this is happening

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It could be your BP Monitor is not working properly.

3

Hello Louis, have you looked at all the leaflets that are available on Patient UK?

https://patient.info/health/high-blood-pressure-hypertension

What type of blood pressure monitor do you use?  Have you discussed this with your doctor?

 

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I mean, have you discussed the readings with your doctor & has he ever given you a 24 hour BP monitor?  Often when you use one of those, the readings come out within normal range.