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Blood Pressure Monitor.
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Any advice on which BP monitor to buy? I am confounded by the number of choices on the web.
I think I would like a wrist cuff rather than an upper arm cuff.
I think I would like a wrist cuff rather than an upper arm cuff.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's often suggested that upper arm monitors are more accurate than the ones that you use on your wrist. However I've been using one of these for many years and I'm perfectly happy with it:
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>>> They like to see a range readings to get a better idea of how you are doing
True - but I just take three readings, about a minute apart, each day and write them down on a piece of paper. If my GP wants to see my BP readings, I just type out those figures onto another sheet of paper and drop that off at his surgery. No uploading anywhere needed!
True - but I just take three readings, about a minute apart, each day and write them down on a piece of paper. If my GP wants to see my BP readings, I just type out those figures onto another sheet of paper and drop that off at his surgery. No uploading anywhere needed!
I have a Boots own brand own brand one, had it for years, possibly 15 years. It was checked against our surgery’s one earlier this year and is still working properly.
Personally I wouldn’t spend loads of money on one, but that’s just my opinion. I write my readings down in a little notebook and take them into the surgery when I have a BP checkup (which isn’t very often).
Personally I wouldn’t spend loads of money on one, but that’s just my opinion. I write my readings down in a little notebook and take them into the surgery when I have a BP checkup (which isn’t very often).
I've gone for Buen's suggestion. Thank you.
The reason I want a monitor is because today I had a Zoledronic acid infusion at the hospital and my before and after BP readings were normal before the treatment but red bleeping after the treatment...166 over something. It scared me but the nurse didn't seem too bothered and said, 'You can go now'.
The reason I want a monitor is because today I had a Zoledronic acid infusion at the hospital and my before and after BP readings were normal before the treatment but red bleeping after the treatment...166 over something. It scared me but the nurse didn't seem too bothered and said, 'You can go now'.
mine's one much like this
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One thing I've recently found: they're blood pressure monitors but not necessarily so good with pulses. When my heartbeats became irregular it wasn't sensitive enough to detect that some were quieter than others. For real heartbeats you really need ECGs.
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One thing I've recently found: they're blood pressure monitors but not necessarily so good with pulses. When my heartbeats became irregular it wasn't sensitive enough to detect that some were quieter than others. For real heartbeats you really need ECGs.