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Posted by JerryBerry on September 26, 2024 at 7:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
It is highly important to our prolonged good BPS 5 Review health that we get regular BP checks, but luckily it has never been easier for us to do this. By regularly monitoring our blood pressure, whether at home, or with regular health checks, we can spot any dangerous trends and take action at an early stage to prevent problems from developing.
Wrist or finger digital monitors. These monitors are less reliable and accurate than the upper arm models because changes in body temperature or movements can influence the readings. You must put your wrist monitor at heart level during readings to have accurate measurements.
Once a year you should compare the reading of you monitor against the reading at your doctors office to be sure that you have correct readings. Also make sure that you have the right size of monitors cuff that fits comfortably around your arm because if the cuff is too tight then your reading will be higher than the true reading.
How the home blood pressure monitor works. The cuff will inflate to a certain level and then deflates again when you push the start button on your monitor. A sensor in the cuff will detect your heart rate and thereby gives you two readings, the higher number showing your systolic and the lower number showing your diastolic pressure, for a normal healthy person respectively 90 - 135 mmHg and 50 - 90 mmHg. The monitor will also detect your pulse rate which for a healthy person will be around 80 per minute.
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