Posted by bassman on July 2, 2006, at 6:50:22
In reply to what is it when your diastolic and systolic BPs..., posted by iforgotmypassword on July 2, 2006, at 0:21:22
Well...it could be that you're anxious (white coat hypertension will sometimes push the systolic up in the 180's for awhile), if you're older, it could be isolated systolic hypertension, etc. etc. The only real way to get a fix on bp is to buy a good home monitoring unit and take it yourself a couple times a day for weeks. Since you are posting on this board, I'm assuming there is a good chance that the high systolic is due to anxiety-and taking your own bp is the best way to figure that out...
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