Question by Daisy: how do you correctly read a blood pressure monitor correctly?
my mom has this blood pressure monitor for some time now and she doesn’t know how to correctly read it. like what number is the one that counts. what i mean is can anyone tell me what systolic mmHg means and diastolic mmHg means. i would appreciate it greatly.
No 1 answer:
Answer by cardio
systolic mmhg is the pressure in the ventricles when the heart contracts
diastolic mmHg is the pressure in the ventricles when the heart relaxes.
the one on top is the systolic and the one below is diastolic. the normal reading would be 120mmHg/ 80mmHg
How about adding your own answer to the comments below!
Hi Daisy,
The Systolic pressure or the top figure is the one that reads the speed that your mums heart is pumping blood round the body when her heart beats. The diastolic is the speed the blood is travelling round the body when the heart is between beats and resting. Normal Blood pressure in an adult should be around 120 over 80. Your mum should take her BP the same time each day and make sure she has relaxed for at least 5 Min’s before taking it, also a full bladder, talking while taking a reading and having ones legs crossed can all affect the reading. the best monitor to use is an Upper arm one rather than a wrist one as the nearer to the heart the reading is taken the more accurate. Hope this helps.