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Hello everyone. I know that I have not been around much lately but there were some family matters that have kept me pretty much exhausted. Things seem to be settling down now .
But I have a strange thing happening lately and I was wondering if it was happening with anyone else.
Lately when I go for my remicade and the nurse takes my BP she has trouble getting a reading. She says that she can not get the second beat when she finally manages to get it she states that it is very faint.
I didn't think anything of this when it first started as it was only happening the odd time. But now it seems to be at least once during every infusion.
When it happened this week I asked if this is something I should be concerned about and was told probably.
I have an appointment with my rheumy next month and I am going to discuss it with him.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Take care Valerie 
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I don't know what that might be, but I would think it would be worth talking to your GP about it, and asking for some kind of heart monitoring - even just an ECG might be good to see if there is something odd going on.
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What she said....and maybe a consult to a cardiologist if no one has a valid answer.
Is the nurse taking BP in the same arm each time? Same nurse? Same stethoscope? Does sound weird, though. Hope your answer is an easy one.
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Hey! That sounds odd, did you get it checked?? Did it only happen during infusions?? Hang in there!!
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I have white coat hist-aria. Blood pressure goes nuts when ever I am at the doctors office. Rheumy Doctor suggested I get my own blood pressure machine. I did this and B/P has been normal when I check it every morning.
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