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I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours

(james.belchamber.com)
327 points jamesbelchamber | 14 comments | 11 Nov 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.982s | source | bottom
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cestith ◴[11 Nov 25 21:45 UTC] No.45893306[source]▶
Regarding white coat hypertension, the shot isn’t always necessary. Some people’s blood pressure just goes up from the stress of the clinical setting.
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1. pavel_lishin ◴[11 Nov 25 21:59 UTC] No.45893475[source]▶
I have an intense phobia of dentists; if I were wearing a constant monitor, I bet you could tell when I was at the dentist just by watching the blood pressure and heart rate spikes. (You'd have to find some way of differentiating them from me being in a car accident, or being attacked by a werewolf.)
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2. 6LLvveMx2koXfwn ◴[11 Nov 25 22:17 UTC] No.45893639[source]▶
It's interesting that you have a baseline for 'being attacked by a werewolf'.
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3. gregdeon ◴[11 Nov 25 23:06 UTC] No.45894141[source]▶
I wonder if it would show up on the heart rate (or heart rate variability) tracking from an Apple Watch or similar. My Garmin picks up stressful events all the time.
4. adastra22 ◴[12 Nov 25 00:37 UTC] No.45894932[source]▶
You don’t??
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5. stephenhumphrey ◴[12 Nov 25 02:33 UTC] No.45895774{3}[source]▶
“Luck favors the prepared.”
6. normie3000 ◴[12 Nov 25 04:56 UTC] No.45896504[source]▶
Werewolf attacks usually fall on predictable dates, during night hours.
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7. taneq ◴[12 Nov 25 05:01 UTC] No.45896536[source]▶
Just to be clear, 'fang doctor' doesn't actually refer to a medical werewolf. :D
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8. kakacik ◴[12 Nov 25 06:22 UTC] No.45896929[source]▶
I have a mild fear of needles. Whenever my wife does acupuncture on me, I am quite uneasy in the beginning, looking away but still I end up covered in a bit of sweat till she finishes putting needles on all the points (and sometimes they are properly weird places I wouldn't imagine sticking tiny needle into... doesn't help). Don't monitor the heart rate/pressure but it must jump up significantly
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9. praptak ◴[12 Nov 25 10:07 UTC] No.45898366[source]▶
It's a medical vampire, for when a medicinal leech is not sufficient.
10. glitchc ◴[12 Nov 25 13:10 UTC] No.45899705[source]▶
Just to be sure, the cure ain't no silver bullet.
11. pavel_lishin ◴[12 Nov 25 15:58 UTC] No.45901750[source]▶
I have a pretty serious fear of needles, to the point that phlebotomists always ask me if I'm going to pass out (to which I always answer, "never have before, but maybe today's the day!")

Once, I had to give my spouse an injection, and I almost passed out and threw up, once when they took the cap off the syringe and accidentally poked themselves in the finger, and then when I actually had to administer the injection.

I know I'd get used to it, but there's a decent chance that if I had to give myself insulin shots, I'd just fucking die.

12. pavel_lishin ◴[12 Nov 25 16:01 UTC] No.45901780[source]▶
A werewolf is always a werewolf, even if they're not actively in their beast form. So you can be attacked by a werewolf any time.
13. cgriswald ◴[12 Nov 25 16:05 UTC] No.45901837[source]▶
Is this true? A full moon only last two or three days and it might be that werewolves are more irritable in their human form than their wolf form.
14. chihuahua ◴[12 Nov 25 17:02 UTC] No.45902602[source]▶
Can confirm, I was a FAANG doctor (Ph.D.) for a while, not a werewolf.