How to use a BP Monitor

How to take check blood pressure using a home BP monitor

1. Put the cuff on following the instructions that came with your BP Monitor Price.
2. Make sure you are relaxed and comfortable. If you are anxious or uncomfortable, this will make your blood pressure rise temporarily.
3. When you are taking your reading, keep still and silent. Moving and talking can affect your reading.
4. Take two or three readings, each about two minutes apart, and then work out the average. Some people find that their first reading is much higher than the next readings. If this is true for you, keep taking readings until they level out and stop falling, then use this as your reading.
5. Record your reading, either in the memory of your monitor or on computer or paper.

Some Tips on taking BP readings

1. Do not round your measurements up or down if you don’t keep accurate records of your blood pressure it may affect the treatment you receive.
2. Do not be alarmed if you get an unexpected high reading – a one-off reading may be nothing to worry about. Measure your blood pressure again at another time, but if you find that it continues to be high after a period of time, see your doctor or nurse.
3. Do not check your blood pressure too often –  you may become worried or stressed about small changes in your reading. This can raise your blood pressure in the short-term. Worrying about your blood-pressure reading may actually make it higher.

Simple steps to BP Machine an accurate reading
There are a few simple steps that you can follow to be sure that you get an accurate reading of your blood pressure.

Before take your BP reading

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• Many things can make your blood pressure rise for a short time. Make sure you do not need to use the toilet, and that you have not just eaten a big meal. Do not measure your blood pressure within 30 minutes of drinking caffeine or smoking.
• Wear loose-fitting clothes like a short sleeved t-shirt so that you can push your sleeve up comfortably.
• Always use the same arm for blood pressure readings, as each arm will give you a slightly different reading. If possible, use the arm that your doctor or nurse uses when measuring your blood pressure.
• Before you take your readings, rest for five minutes. You should be sitting down in a quiet place, preferably at a desk or table, with your arm resting on a firm surface and your feet flat on the floor.
• Make sure your arm is supported and that the cuff around your arm is at the same level as your heart. You may need to support your arm with a cushion to be sure it is at the correct height. Your arm should be relaxed, not tensed.

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Checking on Your Health for Blood Pressure Monitor

Home blood pressure monitors are specially important for the elderly, pregnant women, diabetics and people with kidney disease. Experts recommend that if you are buying one, choose one with an upper-arm cuff, not a wrist or finger device, as they can be most inaccurate

When evaluating home blood pressure monitors, it is important to consider both usability and accuracy, with accuracy of the reading being the most important consideration. International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT), a Europe-based product testing organization tested of blood pressure monitors to check them for a range of parameters like clinical measuring accuracy, memory, alarms, power supply, cuff circumference, labeling and even environmental disposability.

Blood Pressure Monitor Accuracy

BP monitors were tested for accuracy by ICRT. A jury consisting of 32 test persons, also including sufferers of high blood pressure and diabetes, was used to test each blood pressure monitor. Each monitor was used on each test person. The ‘Karma brand of BP monitors fared well as two of its models (Karma Automatic BP Monitor and Blood Pressure Machine)

Ease of using a Blood Pressure monitor

The user manual instructions of a blood pressure monitor, changing and checking of battery, displays and controls, and environmental disposability of each of the BP Monitor Price In India were rated according to how easy it was for a consumer to use these features.

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About Blood Pressure Monitors

Digital blood pressure monitors for home use are either semi automatic manual-inflation or automatic inflation. Automatic monitors have everything contained in one unit, so its easier to handle than systems with a separate gauge and stethoscope. Most home blood pressure monitors are very portable and have a During cuff for one-handed application. The cuff may fit around the wrist or arm. More expensive monitors have automatic inflation and deflation systems, along with large, easy-to-read digital displays and error indicators, reading printouts and built in pulse (heart rate) measurement.

Most home Blood Pressure Machine Price In India measure either at the upper arm or wrist, though a few are also finger models. Experts say that those that measure pressure at the upper arm are best, as there is too great a chance for error when blood pressure is measured elsewhere.

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Why you need a Blood Pressure Monitor at home?

•  All with hypertension should have home blood pressure monitors.
•  Home monitoring can give more accurate readings, avoiding stress of doctor visit.
•  Closer monitoring allows doctors to fine tune medicines, as with diabetics.

Types of Blood Pressure Monitors

• Aneroid monitor
• Digital monitor
• Finger or Wrist blood pressure monitor

The aneroid monitor has a dial gauge that is read by looking at a pointer. The cuff is inflated-by hand, by squeezing a rubber bulb.

Digital monitors have either manual or automatic cuffs. The blood pressure reading flashes on a small screen, and is therefore easy to read. Some electronic monitors even give you a printout of blood pressure reading. The digital monitor is easier to use than an aneroid one. It has a gauge and stethoscope as one unit, an error indicator, and deflates automatically.
This device is good for hearing impaired patients, as there is no need to listen to heart sounds through the stethoscope.
However, this equipment has some disadvantages too. The accuracy is changed by body movements or an irregular heart rate. The monitor also requires batteries, and some of its models are designed for use only with the left arm.

Finger or wrist monitors, as tests reveal, do not measure blood pressure accurately. Also, they are extremely sensitive to position and body temperature, and more expensive compared to other monitors.

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