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Sitting still blood pressure reads 78/49 hr 109, walking up the stairs reads 178/152 hr 85. why is it so different?

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Readings: These sound like erroneous measurements. Whether the measurement device or the technique, i would first verify the accuracy as the physiology for those measurements if accurate would be unlikely.

Answered 5/22/2013

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