Ring, Ring Ring! The bell rings and it is all helter skelter, first I have to prepare the kids to go to school then I have to have my husbands’ breakfast ready then to prepare myself and finally I am off to work. In the office things aren’t any different for I have to arrange meetings for the boss, balance the pending balance sheets, and carry out other many activities before the day ends. Tell me that with all this I wouldn’t have a nervous break down and the amazing thing is that I haven’t gone for a blood pressure test.  

My working counterpart suggested to me that with my very tight schedule I should consider getting a digital blood pressure monitor which might save my life in one of these fine days. I thought about his idea and to my surprise I agreed with him even though we don’t seam to agree on anything. So I went hunting for a convenient monitor in the stores that I considered to be appropriate. I discovered that there were a variety of monitors in the stores there are the physically managed and which opens up to expose a U-tube with mercury in it and aneroid is its medical name. There is also another one which requires a certain level of proficiency.

The digital blood pressure monitors come with standard size cuffs which most people use and which guarantees accurate reading. However, some people have very thin or very large arms and a standard size cuff may produce inaccurate readings. Most of these machines come with a standard cuff but one can buy larger or smaller cuffs from suppliers. Digital blood pressure monitor comes with a with a comprehensive instruction leaflet on how to maintain the monitor so as to guarantee that it operates effectively.



By: Peter Gitundu

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