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Why Does The Housework Raise The Diastolic?
My bp is usually 114/75/90......................when I do housework my diastolic goes up to 88 sometimes... when I use the treadmill for 20 minutes at 2.8 mph my bp goes to 116/78/120....why does the housework raise the diastolic? I am 77 years old...female.
Thu, 9 Jul 2015
Any stress can cause increase in heart rate and blood pressure, if this does not happen then then there is some thing wrong with the heart.so this is normal phenomenon
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