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What Does This BP Reading Of 106/57 Indicate?

hi, I was curious, my Dad is 87 and does has diabetis and heart problems, his blood pressure has started at 106/57 at 11:30 and has gone up and down from 99/52, 103/53, 96/54 and at 1:00 pm it was 108/56 and 1:05 98/55 and now at 2:00pm 143/88, is this normal
Sat, 23 Jun 2018
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Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I would like to tell you that blood pressure is ever changing phenomena depending on your physical activity, emotional stress or physiological changes. Normally, His blood pressure is staying low which is a concern and can be due to dehydration, anemia, cardiac disease, diabetes or hormonal changes like thyroid disease which requires proper evaluation. It’s recommended for you to get the following tests done:

1. CBC ( for anemia or any infection)
2. Vitamin B-12 ( to check Nutritional Deficiency )
3. Thyroid profile ( for endocrine culprit of Low BP )
4. ECG, Echocardiography and Holter ( to rule out any structural Heart Disease ).
5. RBS and HbA1c ( to rule out diabetes ).

Consult your physician with the reports for further management.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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What Does This BP Reading Of 106/57 Indicate?

Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I would like to tell you that blood pressure is ever changing phenomena depending on your physical activity, emotional stress or physiological changes. Normally, His blood pressure is staying low which is a concern and can be due to dehydration, anemia, cardiac disease, diabetes or hormonal changes like thyroid disease which requires proper evaluation. It’s recommended for you to get the following tests done: 1. CBC ( for anemia or any infection) 2. Vitamin B-12 ( to check Nutritional Deficiency ) 3. Thyroid profile ( for endocrine culprit of Low BP ) 4. ECG, Echocardiography and Holter ( to rule out any structural Heart Disease ). 5. RBS and HbA1c ( to rule out diabetes ). Consult your physician with the reports for further management. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.