I just happened to check the right arm after the left arm and found it to be 10 to 15 points lower. This is consistent everytime I check. i am right handed, too. This seems odd.
2006-10-14 03:56:34 · 14 answers · asked by starindy317 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
perhaps the left arm belonged to someone else and you didn't realize it
2006-10-14 04:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by wheels 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
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2016-05-18 08:45:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your health,you may have a lesser blood flow in your right arm verses your left arm
It is said that the blood supply in your left arm is more direct from the heart thus wearing a wedding ring on your left hand.
Because you are right handed you are probably more muscular in your right arm making your arm more vascular and your blood supply is more disperse.
All in all,if your blood pressure is normal whether taken in the left arm verses the right arm then there should be no concern for the reading regardless of the difference.
2006-10-15 18:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by Just Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it has something to do with the distance. your left arm is near your heart and the right arm is far from your heart. the blood flows faster in the left than the right. so it read higher points cause the blood flow is not still like the one on the right.
same thing also, it change the result when your pressure is taken in different position, one for lying down, one for sitting and one for standing and yet they are all related to the same blood pressure. it just varies cause of the physical exertion that you are performing.
try checking out your blood pressure when you are running it is perfect result cause you are opening your vein and expanding your heart rate. while when you are resting your vein is calm and that is the right reading of your true blood pressure. that is why when you visit the medical office, they do not take your pressure after 15-30 minutes..
2006-10-14 04:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by salome 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anxiety can cause a raise in blood pressure as well as a few other small symptoms. However, if it is a case where someone was always feeling stressed and anxious in a hospital environment surrounded by doctors then there is something called white coat syndrome where people exhibit high blood pressure solely in such an environment.
2016-03-18 09:33:12 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's got to do with the direction of your blood flow. When your heart pumps the blood out, the pressure will be higher on one left side so it can carry the blood one whole round in your body. As it gets back to the heart again, the pressure tends to be lower. Think of it as squeezing a hosepipe, the water will gush forward at first, but towards then end, it slows down to almost a trickle.
As far as I'm aware, my blood pressure's always taken on my left arm.
2006-10-14 04:00:23 · answer #6 · answered by boo! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your right arm is the first arm that recieves blood pumped out from the heart. The longer blood has to travel, it loses pressure on your blood vessels. YOur left arm is the arm that recieves the blood last.
maybe.. i wonder if the heart divides blood into both arms at the same time. I could be wrong.
2006-10-14 03:58:31 · answer #7 · answered by leikevy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
leikevy, if that is true, that explains why 9 times out of 10 my blood pressure can't be measured in the left arm so they have to take it from the right ( i am very thin and have long arms)
2006-10-14 04:02:57 · answer #8 · answered by kimandchris2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to check the pressure in both arms. If the difference is 10 to 15 points different you need to check with your doctor.
2014-08-07 04:00:38 · answer #9 · answered by Jeanne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure when you take your blood pressure,that you are totally still,sitting down.Also know that such things as soda,coffee etc,will give you a slight elevation in blood pressure.
2006-10-14 04:01:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are supposed to take your blood pressure on the left side. Your blood pressue also changes when you stand up.
2006-10-14 04:42:02 · answer #11 · answered by ~*á?¦Kileaá?¦*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋