I go through the same thing. Manually, my BP is fine, but when they put my in that vice grip. It's through the roof.
It depends which nurse does it. Some refuse to do it manually. I guess they would have to actually learn to use their brain some.

I make them do the same thing. If they become rude about it get another nurse . I've had Fibro for 10-11 years I no longer have patients with uneducated nurses and Docs.

With the machine mine can go up to 180/140, but manually 110/70 it is so big difference. The machine hurt a lot too and the pain will stay there for days.

Hi. Do you have an irregular heart beat? Some BP machines just cant cope with that condition and either carry on squeezing or fail to record the BP all together. Once that you find an accurate and painless method of recording your BP try and keep to it. Same method, same arm each time. You should be rested for 5 mins before takung the BP. If recording manually ask nurse to take first recording without use of a stethoscope (use sphygno & cuff only). Find pulse at wrist with fingers and gradually inflate cuff until pulse cannot be felt. This gives an idea of the top (systolic) reading.
The process can be reversed by then slowly releasing / deflating cuff pressure until pulse is again felt at the wrist. So when she records your BP with the stethoscope as well as the cuff, she will already know roughly what yoyr systolic BP is and tgereby avoid inflating the cuff more than is needed. Recording BP is expected to be briefly uncomfortable though. I don't think it can be completely avoided, especially if you do suffer from hypertension., as it is necessary to inflate the cuff until the pulse cannot be felt / heard. The higher your systolic BP is the tighter the cuff must inflate in order to get the reading. I would imagine though that manual recording will be kinder than electronic devices in your instance. Hope thus is helpful. Best wishes.

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I agree with you, I don't have that patient either, but so far they have been kind about it.

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