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The Blood Pressure Readings You Never See
Your blood pressure can look perfectly normal whenever you check it and still rise significantly at other times of the day or night.
In this episode, I explain how stress, poor sleep, sleep apnea, salt intake, and other factors can create blood pressure patterns that occasional office or home readings may miss. I also share the case of a client whose daytime readings appeared reassuring while his nighttime blood pressure was reaching the 150s over nearly 100.
We discuss ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, why a 24-hour average can be more informative than an isolated reading, the…
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