By the way, doctor. I read in your July 2003 article on the new blood pressure guidelines with interest because I have high blood pressure. But one thing bothers me about articles on blood pressure: they always seem to talk about blood pressure as if it were the same number all day long. In my case, the systolic pressure can vary by 30 points and the diastolic by 15. So which should you use as your blood pressure reading: the average, the highest, or the lowest?
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Thomas H
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