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health advisory Hospital Diseases 2007-11-12 20:37:34

...for a person undergoing tests to determine the cause of high blood pressure.

Answer:

circulation

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you will get different readings in both arms, means nothing unless the difference is extreme.

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the left arm is directly linked to the heart side and tends to read a higher blood pressure reading than the right arm.just like when some people have heart attacks,they feel it most[pain] in their left arm.

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Distance from the heart. Only if there is a marked difference, like 50 or 60 points would it indicate a possible blockage. Otherwise, 10 or 20 points is not unusual at all.

(And heart attack pain is most often left arm pain.)

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Left arm is closer to the heart, means we'll get a 'slightly' higher B.P than that taken in the right arm.

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