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Higher blood pressure in right arm
My father is 61 years old.He has high blood pressure. That's why he takes medicine. Recently he checked his blood pressure. It was 90 and 126. But his blood pressure was higher in right arm than left one and the difference is 10. So i just want to know that why this difference happens?
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5 - 10 mmHg difference is acceptable
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