For about a year I've been having trouble getting a blood pressure reading. Whether it's in a doctor's office, at home, or those machines in public places. It says, "EP-7, 8, or 9". I can't find an explanation for those codes. My doctor just laughed and said don't worry about it. But my father died 2 weeks after his doctor told him he had completely recovered and my mother's doctor misdiagnosed her cancer twice so I'm not very trusting right now. Does anyone know what's going on?
I to have problems the reading says ep 2 out of 3 tries. On the 3rd try it shows 127 over 72. I asked the druggist and he hadn't any answer as to what the ep means. Do you? Help please. Thanks Helene
Go to a different doctor. Only trust the spignometer at the doctor's office to give a valid blood pressure reading. These instruments need to be tested for accuracy from time to time. They get so they don't give accurate readings and need adjustments. (I'm a lay person so please forgive me on this. lol) Good luck
I have congestive heart failure that went undiagnosed by my doctor for too many years to count. For years & years my blood pressure was extremely low--when they could even get a reading! Twelve years ago I lost my leg below the knee to Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). Like a dummy I stayed with the same doctor I'd had for 20 or more years by that time. He didn't treat me for any heart ailments & now I have learned that heart disease & PAD usually go hand in hand. No one ever told me that I should be checked regularly for heart disease & other problems since the PAD. I didn't know that pneumonia-type symptoms were like congestive heart failure problems. Strange that my doctor (of 30 years by that time), didn't see my enlarged heart on the x-rays when I supposedly had pnuemonia 2 or 3 times a year for 10 or so years & he ALWAYS did a chest x-ray! Also strange is why he never checked in to why I was getting 'pnuemonia' so darned often! Now I'm 48--diagnosed with congestive heart failure 3 years ago. I thought I had pneumonia again & my breathing was so bad that I went to the ER. How did the ER Doc see the enlarged heart in the chest x-ray when my regular doctor didn't a few weeks before when I was there for the same reason? The damage, of course, can't be reversed. My heart is worse than bad & I have a pacemaker/ defribulator, special diets, & 12 different medicines to take every day. Now, I have a wonderful cardiologist, nurses, hospital staff & they all take excellent care of me. Recently I went on the transplant list. The pacemaker helps a lot & sometimes I even feel 'normal' or pretty close to it. Not being able to play much with my grandchildren is a real killer, though. I used to be very athletic & sports-minded--now just walking across the room sometimes wears me out to the point that I must lay down & take a short nap or stop for a while to catch my breath. Please--PLEASE change doctors! My old doctor used to totally ignore my questions or tell me it was nothing to worry about! Be insistant that he answer your questions--get a second & maybe even a 3rd opinion!!! Staying with a doctor just because you've been with him a long time & he knows your problems (or so you think), is no good reason to stay with him/her if they are blatantly ignoring that you may have a life threatening problem.
I have never been able to get any sort of blood pressure reading at those public machines. It has something to do with having 'deep veins' and the machines can't pick them up. I've also had problems with various doctors getting accurate readings as well. However, if my doctor laughed at any of my concerns, I would find another doctor. You probably have nothing to worry about, but to me, one of a doctor's main tasks is to reassure their patients, not laugh at their fears.
I work in a drs office. Our drs would never laugh you off. I am sorry yours did. Try either buying a digital bp device and or a manual unit. I am not sure by your description if the office can't get your pressure. If they can get it, go there a couple times a week and have them take it. If they can't find it, you find another dr. Hope this helps
I don't know the answer to your question. but i found this website that you might be able to ask them your same question and get answers. Is your arm so small that the reading is hard to be found with the cuffs they use? I have an unusal problem with mine as well when i have it checked at my docters office. I take mine at home and its normal. I take it there and its always much higher. They have only two cuff sizes they use and they are both too small of cuffs than the standard cuff. I know my machine works because my husband takes his here & then and then at the VA hospital and its the same readings. I have heard of white coat syndrone which is when you are nervous at docters and it gives false readings. I'm starting to wonder if I have that or they just have a "rigged machine" to give false readings in order to sell medicines unnessasarily. I sure hope thats not the case. hope the link helps you. This web site stated if you have kidney disease or are a diabetic your readings can come up differant. But I do not know. Heres the linkhttp://www.bpassoc.org.uk/information/measured.htm
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