Jacob06 asked:
thought it would be easier to do a daily blood pressure check
thought it would be easier to do a daily blood pressure check
Answers to all of your questions about blood pressure.
Answers to all of your questions about blood pressure.
They are pretty accurate but to be sure- take your monitor to the drugstore where they have the arm blood pressure machine you can use for free- check it on that machine and then check yours- they should be about the same and if not, keep note of what the variable is and use your wrist machine with that variable in mind.
I own one, and so far so good – the one I have reads up to 7 days – I take it to my Dr. to let him see – he likes the idea
the wrist one i tried out was 3 to 5 points difference from the arm monitor i have…..just personal experience
If they are positioned correctly and consistently, they’re fairly reliable. Buy one and take it to your doctor’s office. You shouldn’t need an appointment for a B/P check. Have you pressure taken by a medical assistant and then 5 minutes later take your B/P yourself using the wrist cuff. If the cuff is accurate and you’re perfoming this correctly, there should be no more than 2-3 mm/Hg variation for both systolic and diastolic. It’s going to be a digital readout so you may see odd numbers as well as even. The sphygmomanometers used in medical settings will be read in even numbers or odd depending on the equipment used because some are also digital. Avoid taking B/Ps on the same arm more than twice in a row or you will get a false high. If you are unsatisfied, return the sphygmomanometer to the place of purchase.