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2bita

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blood pressure in legs vs. blood pressure in arms Posted: 03-04-08 17:23pm


I am 29 years old pretty healthy(atleast I think I am) not overweight. I was taking my blood pressure today with my automatic blood pressure machine and my left arm blood pressure was about 120/79, which is at or about the same as my right arm (this is all done in the sitting position). I then took my blood pressure in my left leg, right at the ankle using my blood pressure machine and freaked out because my blood pressure there is something around 180/120. I took it again a couple minutes later, it dropped a little, but not much. I'm worried here and if anyone knows what could be wrong I'm all ears.

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Posted: 03-05-08 10:20am


Did you used an appropriate-sized cuff for blood pressure measuring in legs? Where have you applied the cuff exactly?

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