I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
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I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
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Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#2Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#3Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.
I have an intense phobia of dentists; if I were wearing a constant monitor, I bet you could tell when I was at the dentist just by watching the blood pressure and heart rate spikes. (You'd have to find some way of differentiating them from me being in a car accident, or being attacked by a werewolf.)
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#4So I did something similar (well less cool), but as old Software devs start finding our bodies don’t work as well after a while we will see more and more of this sort of “taking control”
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#5Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.
If you've got one of these machines at home it seems you really want to run it a couple of times. Often I find the first reading I get is quite alarming but then if I sit for a bit longer and run it another 1-2 times I get a very normal reading.
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#6Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.
I have an intense phobia of dentists; if I were wearing a constant monitor, I bet you could tell when I was at the dentist just by watching the blood pressure and heart rate spikes. (You'd have to find some way of differentiating them from me being in a car accident, or being attacked by a werewolf.)
It's interesting that you have a baseline for 'being attacked by a werewolf'.
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#7Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.
If you've got one of these machines at home it seems you really want to run it a couple of times. Often I find the first reading I get is quite alarming but then if I sit for a bit longer and run it another 1-2 times I get a very normal reading.
Also, they can read high if the batteries are low.
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#8So I did something similar (well less cool), but as old Software devs start finding our bodies don’t work as well after a while we will see more and more of this sort of “taking control” https://mikado-aktiia.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
That's very cool. I wonder if sniffing the Bluetooth connection directly might be easier than reading the PDF (although not because it's easy).
At least you have more than 24 hours to find out!
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#9So I did something similar (well less cool), but as old Software devs start finding our bodies don’t work as well after a while we will see more and more of this sort of “taking control” https://mikado-aktiia.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
you missed a closing parenthesis
Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
#10Testing blood pressure after a shot seems weird.
I have high blood pressure, managed with a low dose of medication. I've had plenty of advice from my PCP and other actual doctors on how to take blood pressure - how to sit, how long to sit still, how to position your arm, etc.
It is remarkable how many medically-adjacent professionals are bad at this. My dentist starts my sessions with a blood pressure reading - theoretically in case they have to numb me or something, probably because it's billable or whatever. What always seems to happen is that I get in for my appointment (driving, which can be stressful even if I'm not running late), they take me to the chair within 2 minutes max, immediately put some sort of wrist cuff on me, hold my arm at an angle that is not what most actual doctors have recommended to me and take a reading that is often high enough to surprise both the hygenist and myself.
The thing is that I have two sufficiently-calibrated Omron units, one at home and one at the office. I take my blood pressure often enough to know what it usually is (and my real doctor takes it at least twice a year). That is to say that no, it's not 200/160 or whatever nonsense the dentist thinks it is and you'd think that with a very small amount of reading they'd know better.