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Old 13th Jan 2011, 08:17
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indi1988
 
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Non Dipping Blood Pressure

Hi,
I went for my initial class one medical last week and my BP was elevated, 155/77, so the doctor recommended I go for a 24 hour BP test.
Did the 24 hour test and the average reading was 133/77, but the night time drop was only 4% for systolic, 12% drop for diastolic. I'm really worried as I may need to do it again? Readings did drop during the night but there were a few spikes that gave me an average of 128/66 during the night!
Can anyone advise on anything? has anyone gone through this as well?
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