Your Blood Pressure Monitor is Hiding a 4th Number

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• ME

  @MedMan-rk3bq · 1 month ago · pinned

  Were you already aware of pulse pressure? Let me know your thoughts! 🍏 <br> <br><a href="https://drquinnmedman.substack.com/about">https://drquinnmedman.substack.com/about</a>

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• DR

  @drbanana-g2j · 1 month ago

  I&apos;d call it a derived number, and not a hidden one, but you&apos;ll get more views by calling it hidden.<br>Regardless, this was a great video. &nbsp; Thanks for putting it up!

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• PA

  @paulrayner1274 · 1 month ago

  Best explanations about BP I have ever had from a clinician. Thanks . Keep up these great videos

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• MI

  @michaeltran3409 · 1 month ago

  Summary: The Four Blood Pressure Numbers<br>Systolic Pressure (1st Number): The pressure in your arteries when your heart beats.<br>Diastolic Pressure (2nd Number): The pressure in your arteries when your heart rests between beats.<br>Pulse Rate (3rd Number): How many times your heart beats per minute.<br>Pulse Pressure (The &quot;Hidden&quot; 4th Number): Calculated by subtracting your diastolic number from your systolic number (Systolic - Diastolic = Pulse Pressure).

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• MC

  @mchume65 · 1 month ago

  Never knew this. &nbsp;Just checked my daily BP log, I&apos;m 71 and my PP is in the lower 40&apos;s. &nbsp;I guess that&apos;s good.

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• TI

  @timgordon2039 · 1 month ago

  I&apos;ve been bringing attention to this for decades and everyone thinks I&apos;m crazy 😂 &nbsp;Thank you for releasing this!

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• AN

  @AndrewKarpyszyn · 1 month ago

  This is very interesting. As a teen, my family doctor was worried about my &quot;high&quot; BP of 140/70, and had me coming in regularly to check it, and it was consistently in that range. Now that I&apos;m in my 50s, my BP is often in the 130/80 range, which is still considered &quot;concerning&quot;. &nbsp;🤔

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• GR

  @gradio-t9d · 2 weeks ago

  That&apos;s really interesting, I&apos;ve worked in the NHS repairing this machines so I often used to stick them on my arm to test them in the real world, not just on the simulator, I never knew about this fourth figure. I&apos;m now 78 and test my BP every month if I remember. My average 4th number for the last year 2025-2026 is 36 which is interesting because checking back over the previous couple of years the average was 58, just after that period I started taking vitamin D3 and K2 along with Magnesium Glycinate 18 months ago, coincidence? Maybe, I&apos;m not sure, but it seems to have largely cured my ectopic heartbeat I&apos;ve had since a teenager. Generally very fit and healthy with a lot of walking and competitive Table Tennis once or twice a week.

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• GU

  @Gumyulo131 · 1 month ago

  My pulse pressure is consistently higher then 40, usually around 67 to 73, when I did my medicine review at my GP’s surgery, I told the physician &nbsp;I am concerned with my wide pulse pressure, she didn’t even know what a Pulse pressure is.

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• PR

  @ProfessorJayTee · 1 month ago (edited)

  I used to have excessively LOW blood pressure. 100/60 or so was a typical reading. The diastolic went down into the 50s if I was not being active. Low enough sometimes, that the doctors would talk to me about it, although no &apos;treatment&apos; was ever suggested. <br>In my 30s I used to go to a gym that recorded BP going in and leaving. ~105/65 and 120/80 was often the case. That&apos;s right... I only had &quot;normal&quot; BP after hard exercise and weightlifting! <br>Now that I&apos;m in my early 60s, my BP has gradually climbed a bit. Last time was 125/80. Guess I&apos;m doing all right. The doctor didn&apos;t say anything about it but the nurse took my BP twice... as new nurses always do with me.

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• WO

  @WokeSteve · 1 month ago

  At 70 I feel like it is like owning an older car, things start going wrong.

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• CA

  @carolynmayclin1554 · 2 weeks ago

  Never heard about pulse pressure before. Thank you! Excellent job of explaining this.

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