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blood pressure reading in extremities

dragonladyc1

dragonladyc1

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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I have a question about blood pressure reading and sites.  Due to medical surgeries. The doctors have to take blood pressure readings in my legs. My question is what should the readings be in the legs vs the arm blood pressure.  My blood pressure reading in my leg are High and when One was ...
  1. blood pressure reading in the extremities
    Toadette77
    Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 07:42 PM

    Dear dragonladyc1,

    It is indeed normal to have a higher blood pressure reading in the lower extremities than in the arms. Check out "ankle-brachial index" on the web.

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