The numeric difference between these two readings is regarded as pulse pressure. Pulse pressure is related with both systolic and diastolic pressure. The upper reading represents the systolic pressure, i.e.,the maximum pressure exerted by the heart when it beats or pumps blood to the organs.The lower reading represents diastolic pressure, i.e., the pressure generated in the arteries between the heart beats. So that he can see it.The values of blood pressure are read in two numbers: the upper reading and the low reading. I have taken pictures of the BP machine, throughout the whole standing test. I will show this list to my doctor when I see him again. I was hoping someone here would recognize the pulse pressure problem. Its not all the time, pulse pressure can also be wide after walking the stairs, and when I sit or lay down its always wide. High pressure does not happen a lot, but apparently when it does, pulse pressure can still be low. Like a week or so ago it was 125/112 once, after walking the stairs (125 is high for me, and 112 obviously is not low : p either). The only thing that I have seen coming back again and again is narrow pulse pressure if I stand too long, even when BP is high, pulse pressure can be narrow. When I think I have figured something out, it changes again after a while, leaving me confused because it does not fit. Its a couple of days (or weeks) of this, and then a couple of days of that, and so on. Its as if there is not '1' specific problem, it sways and changes. Its a bit difficult to know which thread to follow, nothing stays the same. At night I sometimes wake up because my heart is pounding and stressed out. Right now I have another version, I have a high resting heart rate for some days already (around 90), and my BP is normal-ish at the moment, except for the narrowing of pulse pressure when I stand. I often try to drink lots of coffee to counter that, to get one (or both) up, so that I can fight the sleepiness. That is when I fall asleep during the day. The heart rate goes as low as 40 sometimes, and blood pressure stays low then as well. The confusing bit is that my body sometimes does behave POTS like, sometimes blood pressure and heart rate both rise when I stand up, or sit up.īut I also have days where both my heart rate and blood pressure go low at the same time for hours. Thanks in advance for any I will google that a bit more then, thanks for your idea It tends to be really high (99) at first, and when I am doing the standing there will be spikes down between 90 an 80. Moving about influences the speed of the drop, when I keep moving my legs, my pulse pressure will not drop nearly as fast, but my brain becomes blurry anyway.Īnd, I have measured saturation a couple of times too. That is not POTS right? Or is it? And if its not, what is it called? So, my blood pressure, does not drop that much, my heart rate does not rise 'that much', but the pulse pressure narrows, and it stays that way, until I fall down. not quite but the rest of the day will be a blurry event). So blood pressure recovers right away, but my brain remains dead (or well. When I am down on the floor, it all rises towards 120/65 HR45 (pulse pressure 55) I was pretty much gone but did manage to lay down instead of falling. When I stop (which I have to), often there will be a really sudden drop, which makes me faint if I am not careful. I have done this test over and over again through time, and 'every time' my pulse pressure narrows to 11/12, which is when I start to faint. And I measure while standing upright, with my arm just hanging down. I use a blood pressure meter with an arm cuff (Omron m6 comfort).
#Narrow pulse pressure series#
I am trying to discover more about what exactly happens when I stand and found out the following.īelow there is a series of blood pressure measurements that I did, while doing a poor mans tilt table test at home. I think its not POTS, does not look like orthostatic hypotension, but what is it? I sort of have POTS/orthostatic intollerance as a diagnosis right now, but its not a set one yet as the doctor does not know for sure. I was wondering what the following (below) should be called.
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