JD10367
Well-known member
Another note on BP: make sure they test both arms.
I went to the doc's back in the late 90's and the nurse kept having trouble finding a pulse in my left arm. Thinking nothing of it, she switched to the right. When the doc came in, I was the one who mentioned it to him, jokingly. He checked the BPs: the right arm was 140/100 (again, White Coat Syndrome IMO) but the left arm was only 100/60. Turned out, after a barrage of tests, that I have a Subclavian Stenosis (fancy term for "some sort of arterial blockage under the left shoulder blade"). I asked if it was a birth defect or cholesterol, and he said, "No way to tell. We can do an angioplasty." I said, "Is that really necessary?" He said, "Probably not... If your hand ever goes numb or turns blue, let your doctor know," LOL.
I went to the doc's back in the late 90's and the nurse kept having trouble finding a pulse in my left arm. Thinking nothing of it, she switched to the right. When the doc came in, I was the one who mentioned it to him, jokingly. He checked the BPs: the right arm was 140/100 (again, White Coat Syndrome IMO) but the left arm was only 100/60. Turned out, after a barrage of tests, that I have a Subclavian Stenosis (fancy term for "some sort of arterial blockage under the left shoulder blade"). I asked if it was a birth defect or cholesterol, and he said, "No way to tell. We can do an angioplasty." I said, "Is that really necessary?" He said, "Probably not... If your hand ever goes numb or turns blue, let your doctor know," LOL.