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My initial first blood pressure reading is high. i wait 10 minutes and take it again and its normal? if it was hbp would it always stay high? help!

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

BP: Is the elevated reading the top (systolic) or bottom reading (diastolic)?.

Answered 7/13/2018

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