when patients get their blood pressure taken at the doctor’s office, the doctor requires you to sit, legs uncrossed. But what would happen if we stand up to get our blood pressure taken? can we stand? or do we have to sit? And why?
when patients get their blood pressure taken at the doctor’s office, the doctor requires you to sit, legs uncrossed. But what would happen if we stand up to get our blood pressure taken? can we stand? or do we have to sit? And why?
Yes, standing vs sitting affects the reading.
In my case, I have a type of dysautonomia where either BP or HR change significantly when sitting vs standing vs laying down.
POTS?
Yes
We’re suspecting my stepdaughter might have it too; seeing a cardiologist in a few weeks
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