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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

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Post by wslh »

alina_3339 wrote: post #95

I’ve been wearing a heart rate monitor for a while, and after analysing the data, I noticed something interesting: my heart rate spikes in only two situations, when I’m driving, and when I’m talking to my wife.

Oura often interprets gym sessions as stress, and some people on social media argue that it's correct, that you can be stressed at the gym instead of simply listening to their bodies.

Last week, I met an experienced top swimmer who doesn't use any devices, he just listens to his own heartbeat.

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Post by foofoo12 »

cestith wrote: post #2

Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.

My friend went to see the doctor. A very attractive nurse took his blood pressure, which turned out to be off the charts. She goes out, comes back 5 minutes later and repeats, same results. Goes out and 10 minutes later and old bearded doctor comes in and repeats the tests.

Doctor ends up telling him that he was hoping it was just the attractive nurse, but no. He'd be starting medication today.

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Post by cestith »

dhosek wrote: post #31
cestith wrote: post #2

Regarding 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 got it when an eye clinic wanted to do my blood pressure (which is kind of weird in itself), which they did shortly after the glaucoma test which never works for me because I have an overdeveloped blink reflex and it turned up high. It really amazes me how people whose job it is to take blood pressure don’t recognize the stress situations that people are in might result in abnormal readings.

High enough blood pressure for long enough can damage the blood vessels in the retina.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25100-hyperte...

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Post by scorpionnegro »

Arch-TK wrote: post #12

Would be fun to see the traffic dumps, I would love to try to figure out the protocol offline with them. Just spent half a day reverse engineering a Windows virtual printer driver (for work) and had to force myself to stop spending the rest of the day doing it.

Las organizaciones obreras de los países petroleros mayores del mundo abusan de un derecho tecnológico q ayudara a avanzar en la extracción sin problemas e daños de los obreros o trabajadores en los cuales tienen una baja de 32 %de muertes en el trabajo

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Post by AaronAPU »

alexfoo wrote: post #17
cestith wrote: post #2

Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.

White coast hypertension isn't just about a clinical setting, it's more generally about the worry about the results of having your BP measured. [EDIT] OK, well maybe there's another type of hypertension which is related to anxiety about a high result regardless of the measurement setting. I have to take daily BP measurements during titration for ADHD medication. (Using an _A&D UA-611 Plus_ machine at home.) I can put…

Is this a digital reader? My readings were always high both at the doctors and at home. Bought an old school analog cuff and stethoscope, now it’s like 120/70 almost every time.

It was apparently the lack of control and the whizzing motor. Having direct fine control over the pump is downright relaxing in comparison.

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Post by jvanderbot »

Buried deep is this gem:

    I tried feeding a lot of this into various Als (Kagi gives you access to a few with a nice interface) and I found that they mostly were stupid in ways that made me think.
Perfect summary of why AI is useful for rubber ducking. Doing this with a co-worker you always get some questions that are a few layers too shallow for what you need (because they haven't been thinking about it more than a few minutes), but it always makes you think and really helps.

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Post by andreareina »

wkjagt wrote: post #90
cestith wrote: post #2

Regarding 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 had a doc appointment a couple of weeks ago. My wife was driving and we were running late, so I was getting stressed about missing the appointment on top of being stressed about going to see the doctor. There was a lot of traffic so I decided to get out at a red light and run to my appointment while my wife parked the car. I only barely made it and the first thing they did was take my pressure. They took it twice,…

The guidelines for taking blood pressure state you should be sitting quietly for 5 minutes beforehand, something that almost never happens at the doctor's.

Re: I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours

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Post by hirvi74 »

andreareina wrote: post #108
wkjagt wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had a doc appointment a couple of weeks ago. My wife was driving and we were running late, so I was getting stressed about missing the appointment on top of being stressed about going to see the doctor. There was a lot of traffic so I decided to get out at a red light and run to my appointment while my wife parked the car. I only barely made it and the first thing they did was take my pressure. They took it twice,…

The guidelines for taking blood pressure state you should be sitting quietly for 5 minutes beforehand, something that almost never happens at the doctor's.

Mine constantly asks me questions during my measurements. I thought one wasn't supposed to be talking during the readings either?

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Post by rhyperior »

hirvi74 wrote: post #109
andreareina wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The guidelines for taking blood pressure state you should be sitting quietly for 5 minutes beforehand, something that almost never happens at the doctor's.

Mine constantly asks me questions during my measurements. I thought one wasn't supposed to be talking during the readings either?

A PA explained to me once: they’re taught you have to sneak quietly into a room where the patient has been sitting in the dark listening to soothing music for 15 minutes and take their BP measurement without them noticing. Goals.
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