u/BuckityBuck

TLDR: Google says that large discrepancies between manual and digital readings are very common. Which number do I trust, and if the answer is "digital", how can I discuss this with my PCP whose office uses a manual technique?

I have a chronic issue that requires me to see doctors fairly often, at a couple of different practices. Those nurses use digital blood pressure devices. My results are consistently relatively high. I'm always asked "Do you normally have high blood pressure?"

I brought this concern to my PCP who brushed it off with "We just took your blood pressure reading. It was totally normal." That reading was done with the stethoscope and hand pumpy thing.

I thought that maybe it was user error or a fluke, since I'd had 10 - 12 high readings at other practices and this was the only "normal" reading.

I purchased a digital blood pressure monitor to see if maybe the digital results were White Coat influenced. My at home, self-administered, results are consistently high. Usually in the 160/98 area, give or take.

The other day, I had my blood pressure taken manually again. It was normal. 116/67. My at home readings are still high.

If you, personally, would be open to buying a young (but in work) horse with a minor conformational defect such as being toed in or out, parrot mouth, having a club hoof etc., that is so slight that a vet says it will not reduce their health, soundness, or athletic potential, would you expect that the purchase price be lower than that of a the same horse without that defect? Or, is your position that if it is not limiting function, it is not a matter that warrants a discount?