PSA: sphygmomanometry-induced allodynia can be an indicator of fibromyalgia or other chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions. If you have FM or chronic pain conditions, always let the health professional know, especially if you’re undertaking ambulatory blood pressure tests.
2026-10-17 11:18:42
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Sierra McAbee :
EVERY time they put one on me it tightens until my arm is numb and turning colors and then loosens halfway and tightens AGAIN. JUST TAKE OFF THE WHOLE ARM AND BE DONE.
2026-10-17 07:20:49
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lillexxxlee :
When they start screaming 😭
2026-10-17 06:40:42
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Mina84 :
I wish they would go back to doing it manually.
2026-10-17 14:07:10
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Bri the Bog Witch :
Maybe it is the MS, but these things always feel like my arm is being amputated and quite literally always leave a huge bruise on my arm.
2026-11-09 15:33:14
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rottenstrawberri0 :
or it pops off super aggressively
2026-10-17 06:46:20
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Wandawoman :
omg. these patients kill me....
2026-11-10 02:53:21
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Jennifer🕊️ :
I ripped mine off the last time I was in the hospital. It hurt so bad.
2026-10-18 03:43:15
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bettyboo9086 :
As a nurse I used to get frustrated with my patients when they screamed over a blood pressure read, but then I tried it myself and DANG. It DOES hurt. I have way more mercy now.
2026-10-18 12:23:21
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Bam :
Listen, for some of us those things don’t work. And I mean literally don’t work. One time I was in the ER for nine hours and they only got a single pressure reading on me the first time and then it just didn’t work the rest of the time. After a couple hours they unhooked me from it and the bruising was so bad that they actually apologized to me because it looked like my arm was strangled. Then they did it manually on me and the reading was fine with way less pain. Honestly we have a right to ask for it manually I’m not going through that bruising again (I’m chronically disabled I’m very used to blood pressure cuffs but I’m at my wits end with the machines).
2026-10-17 06:47:29
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SkittleMonkey :
the more you move the longer it'll take!?!?!😡
2026-10-17 07:48:59
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lizmaxine2 :
No this is so true, I did it on myself and felt like my arm was gonna fall off
2026-10-17 06:40:08
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✨SNM, RN ✨ :
Why do they always act like they’re dying haha
2026-10-17 22:13:44
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ldrn14 :
always when im in the middle of an emergency
2026-10-17 11:42:35
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jellyfishupinthesky :
I act cool, but deep down this is me internally. 😭
2026-10-17 09:51:38
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meggaladon🌛✨💫 :
I have hypertension and I'm telling you just knowing they're putting that blasphemous cuff on me could put me into a hypertensive crisis 😭
2026-10-18 01:42:16
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Stephanie May :
I have ehlers danlos and lipidema it is painful 😩
2026-10-17 21:15:54
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𝓪𝓵𝔂𝓱𝓲𝓪.𝓵𝓾𝔁𝓾𝓻𝔂 :
I just accept when it makes my arm go numb and tingly
2026-10-17 07:08:38
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randomsimplereviews :
My face every time.
2026-10-17 11:53:04
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lavender scented teddy bear :
i literally have to hold back a wince every time
2026-10-17 06:39:43
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Cecile :
they take it off and my arm is red and covered in petichiae. and they wonder why it's high. hello???? you just tried to amputate my arm???
2026-10-29 21:17:04
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Melissa Smith4262 :
on myself it cranks to 180 and my BP is 106 sys...why??
2026-10-17 17:40:20
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JC :
Listen. Imma say this. As a Nurse I too felt this way and in some ways still kinda do. BUT- I went in to a little corner ER bcuz my hands were stuck crab claw style. 🤷♀️so I know the how folks act and I’m like 😑. This man put that cuff on and hit start- I nearly came outta my clothes. The way my arm contracted even more- INVOLUNTARILY. Meanwhile he’s giving me a speach of how I should know to be still. Yeah! That’s not me choosing to do that! I’ve had 3 c-sections, 2 shoulder dislocations- I thought I was bout to die. Hypokalemia and Hyomagnesimeia. Normal respirations, no anxiety. I was trying to melt into the floor. Haha. It actually cracks me up now just thinking about it- what I looked like and what was going through his head. He was so annoyed. I’m like dude that wasn’t my doing. 😅 I don’t ever wanna go through that again. I take my supplements faithfully. We both wanted to punch the other. 😅
2026-10-21 01:23:31
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Manateechica :
I be like NO, get me a manual. Something about me/my arm/my BP does not register on a auto. So after usually THREE times of it saying can't get a read, they then get the manual. Like we could have just skipped all that mess 😭
2026-10-18 06:01:13
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HollieF1977 :
I get bruises on my bicep each time I do a BP (I’m an ultra white girl)
2026-10-18 22:36:36
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