BP question

[tyefly]

Some questions on BP.
     Do we always have to tale BP on our upper arm?   Can we take our BP using our ley. Ilke the calf area?   

      Why during hemo do we need a sitting BP and a standing BP.  What is the difference and why are both done?

[peleroja]

Ive heard of them taking your BP on the ankle to test for peripheral artery disease, but never heard of it done as a usual practice.  As for sitting vs. standing, your BP automatically drops when you stand.  If you're orthostatic, it drops even more.  My friend has BP of 130/70 sitting and it drops to 80/50 standing.  The center cannot send you away, especially if you're driving, with a BP that is too low.

[KICKSTART]

We dont have a standing BP only a sitting one !

[tyefly]

I was wndering about the BP standing.   Doesn't make since to me with the different positions.  All of my BP done is the past were sitting down.   Also I was wondering about using my leg to take the BP as this would free up my arm.    Someone told me that we have to do B P every 30 min.    Seems like alot. 
       I often question things that don't make since to me and I can't find a good answer .    I hate to do things just because.    When iam told that we do things just because. Then my brain turns on and here comes the.   Why?        I have always been like this since I was a kid.    And.   I know that at times I am a nonconformace.     Oh well.   I could be worst.    I often ask took much.     Iam going to try to behave my self when I start D this next week.   

[monrein]

With D you want to know the standing BP because it often drops when we stand up and we do need to be able to walk out of there.  For a regular BP check you want a "resting" BP so we often sit for a bit before taking it.
My machine used to do BP's every hour but I usually did a manual one in between because that way you can keep a closer eye on it if it's dropping too much as they remove fluid from you during D.
No such thing as asking too many questions, unless of course you keep on forgetting the answers to them.

[gloria]

Some questions on BP.
     Do we always have to tale BP on our upper arm?   Can we take our BP using our ley. Ilke the calf area?   

      Why during hemo do we need a sitting BP and a standing BP.  What is the difference and why are both done?

Hello Tyefly, the reason why they do the B/P sitting and standing, is because your B/P is usually higher sititng, than standing, and one reason why they do this, is to indicate if your pressure is too low or too elevated.  Is this being done to you before your dialysis treatment?  First of all, what form of dialysis or you on? hemo or PD.
I hope this helps you to understand why the two B/P readings.
Glo

[YLGuy]

I have seen someone's BP crash during dialysis.  I don't have a problem with them keeping track of my BP.  With the cuff on my upper arm it really does not hinder my movement.  If I am using it when it starts to inflate I just stop what I am doing and rest my arm until it deflates.
My center always starts and ends with a standing BP.

[willowtreewren]

Kathy,
We start and end our NxStage tx with sitting and standing BP, too.

Our clinic gave us a BP machine that can be programed to take readings at any interval we want, but Carl did not like to wear the cuff all the time, LOL. So he has his iPod set to warn him a minute or two before the machine pumps up. Then he puts on the cuff and is ready to go.

Aleta

[pdpatty]

when I stand ny Bp goes up . It can be 102/59 and when I stand it goes up to 12+/82. That is what is was yesterday.

Mine has been dropping after I get home ,sometimes as low as 77/56. Now i am not a little person,I came out yesterday at 85.3 k  and spent the biggest part of day in bed ,too weak to walk.

[kitkatz]

My BP goes up when I stand up at dialysis. They say I have weird BP.

[kristina]

There is a slight different BP-reading between my left arm and my right arm.
Because of this difference I always take it on my right arm 
and write it down to keep a record of it.
Sometimes I check it whilst standing up,
to see how stable my BP remains.
If it would change too much when I am standing up,
that might be an indication that my BP is not too stable. -
Mind you, I am not medical at all, and I only check it now myself
because in the past I suffered from cerebral haemorrhages
and years later a CVA-stroke, due to untreated/unchecked high bloodpressure
and I want to make sure this won't ever happen again.
May your BP remain stable. Good luck from Kristina.

[willowtreewren]

Carl's BP is always a little higher standing than sitting, too. Hmmm.

The only time his BP was really low after D was his very first time in the hospital. They would not release him to come home until it had come up. They obviously took off too much fluid! Now I realize that.