Taking BP readings at home is always differ while sitting and standing, which reading is accurate& reliable?

Answer 1

Think about this way..when you move around or go from a sitting or standing position to another your heart accommodates this by increasing your heart rate which may then raises your blood pressure. Have someone take your Blood pressure and heart rate at three positions. Lay flat on your back, take your blood pressure and pulse. Then sit up wait about 2 minutes and take again, and then stand up and repeat this. I think you will find that your blood pressure will remain the same or increase a little and your pulse will increase a little which shows how you accommodate the change in the position. Now if you have a significant change in the different positions (drop in blood pressure and increase in pulse rate) this may show dehydration or some other type of medical problem) We do "orthostatic blood pressures" in the hospital all the time to see if our patients who come in sick may have some other medical concerns including dehydration, etc. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Actually both are: Your BP will fluctuate when you stand. For people that have low BP they're BP can and will sometimes drop to the point of becoming quite dizzy or even to the point of passing out when they stand. Our BP will change with everything we do.
For people with a problem with their BP your doctor will check it while standing, sitting, lying down, and sitting up. This helps to determine what treatment is best for you.

Answer 3

They should be different but not drastically different.

When you are laying your pressure should be at its lowest because it takes less effort for the heart to move the blood around
and when you sit a little higher and when you stand should be the highest.

They best thing to do is to have the person sit and wait a few minutes before you take the pressure. This way you have a consistent base to compare the previous pressures to...

Answer 4

There should not be much difference unless you are having orthostatic hypotension usually associated with anemia, but it may occur in very thin people. As long a the BP is not abnormally high, it makes no difference. Have you had a blood count lately?

Answer 5

You need to trend them to get an accurate reading. They are taken sitting, standing, and laying down because big differences in the readings in different positions can indicate a serious problem.... like orthostatic hypotension.

Answer 6

The best measure for tracking your heart health (in my opinion) is the resting heart rate, best taken in the morning when you wake up. Unless you awoke to a bad dream. But this gives you a consistent indication as to the needs of the heart.

Answer 7

I think sitting because at the doctors office I am always told to sit during the process.