What's your pulse pressure?
At the post office they have a free blood pressure machine. But this one gave me a print out!! With a bonus graph--I love graphs!! I know there are nurses in the audience--zoom in to the graph part. Do you think my numbers are actually a bit higher than where the arrows (at the bottom) are? And what are the factors leading to high pulse pressure (pulse pressure = systolic minus diastolic)? I guess it's not high--and I'm not worried.. I just wonder if being tall and thin = high pulse pressure.
Maybe I have a small heart. Like the Grinch. Hee hee.
3 comments:
Those are good vitals; how about that - a BP machine at the PO. You gotta love that; maybe it's b/c people can get so frustrated mailing things? Stamps are a little high these days.
TMM
I guess I'm alive after all. Thanks T.
You can pay bills, submit savings, buy insurance, and get traveler's checks at the PO in Japan. Actually, it's the largest cash holder on earth. (?Am I wrong? If so, at least "largest in Japan.")
I just like that it's automated sphygmomanometer gave me a print-out, with a graph.
PS The first and second names of my first-born child, regardless of sex, will now be Automated Sphygmomanometer.
Hey Lance, Usual pulse pressure is in the 30 to 40 range. There are many reasons for the pulse pressure to be higher - you can't get an accurate picture with just one blood pressure reading - it would need to be checked on a regular basis. I'm not a big fan of electronic blood pressure machines - sometimes they aren't very accurate. Aunt G
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