Am I the only one who hates blood pressure machines?

[CTyankee]

they are quite painful. My former primary care doc kindly understood and took it himself, which doesn't hurt.

I'm an old lady and I feel pain more acutely now.

Also, wouldn't pain RAISE my b.p. even MORE?

[LuvLoogie]

1. They make them for your wrist now.

I don't know if that would help, but worth a try maybe.

[Hope22]

2. They seem unreliable.

The dentist has one. And I always decline……..

[DBoon]

3. I hate them less than I would hate getting a stroke

[chouchou]

4. My Publix Grocery store used to have one..and Free !

One day 115/72 Yea..happy days.
Next two or three day, it grabbed your arm like an Army Tank and spit out 299/147.
I believe somebody put breakfast syrup down the slot and killed the monster....

[MIButterfly]

5. No you are definitely not the only one

Those blood pressure machines hurt like hell and I hate them. I much prefer the manual ones that the medical assistants pump up themselves.

Every time I go to the doctor, my blood pressure is slightly higher than the doctor would like because I'm so apprehensive and nervous, so they always take it again at the end of my appointment. So I have to have to go through it twice! Once they did it three times and got three different numbers. They couldn't get it down to where they wanted it to be so they just took the lowest reading. Once the doctor scared me so much during my appointment that it was actually 10 points HIGHER at the end.

[highplainsdem]

6. White coat hypertension.

[lavoosh99]

7. My Omrons Typically Pump

40 to 60 mm higher than the actual pressure. Don't know about pain as an elevator but being cold, not having arm supported at level of heart, crossed legs, having a full bladder, and, of course, worrying about having high blood pressure, will tend to raise it. (Not a physician but Google can be useful if you stick to credible sites like Mayo or Cleveland (CT Scan tech told me everything on WebMD is cancer - I don't think he was joking)).

[yorkster]

8. I always have a lower bp when I can get a manual

instead of the machine. And yes, the auto ones can hurt like hell and I can't believe that doesn't raise bp.

[tblue37]

9. Yes. The cuffs squeeze painfully tight!

[Sogo]

10. You are 100% correct in my experience.

I've had some tremendously high readings because of the intense pain I was experiencing from the machine. I avoid them at all costs now.