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around your upper arm to reduce blood flow, and allow a medic to hear what your heart is doing and to establish how high your blood pressure is in relation to the pressure being put on your arm. There are electrical devices that will do this as well, but manual ones seem more common. If you are going to get a fair reading, the cuff size is vital. If you have large arms, eithe... Read the full review: Get the right reading by Bryn Pearson |
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Blood Pressure Monitors in general ... place the cuff around your wrist and fix in place with the Velcro. Next switch the meter on, a simple operation consisting of the press of one of the two buttons. When the little heart is beating on an otherwise clear screen, you know it’s time to take your Pressure. This is a major technical errand, and involves pressing the second of the two bu ttons. Readings ~~~~~~~~~ Results are displayed on the screen and easy to read and understand language i.e.120/80. Record the readings as they could save you a pill! Extra ~~~~~~ The meter also takes your pulse. (Something, that I perso... Read the full review: How high is yours? by David A. Brett |
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Blood Pressure Monitors in general ... switch, followed by the grey 'Start' switch. The cuff then inflates, and within about twenty or thirty seconds you will have a blood pressure reading as well as a heart rate reading (in beats per minute.) Readings will vary at different times of th e day, so it is best to try a few times if you obtain a reading that looks strange. The advantage of being able to use this device in the home is that it avoids what is known as the "White Coat Effect." We naturally tend to be more tense when we visit a doctor's surgery or a hospital, and this can sometimes result in... Read the full review: If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me? by blackjane |
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Blood Pressure Monitors in general ... feel on visiting the doctor will all have conspired to send your blood pressure sky high. So all is not yet lost. I might add that coronary heart disease is one of this country's biggest causes of mortality, the doctor might tell you this as well as he makes illegible notes in his special code before prescribing you something that you will take to make you wee. You will spend the rest of the week feeling thirsty and constantly licking your lips between desperate attempts to find public loos. Understandably worried, you cut all the fat out of your diet so that you are existing on those funny polystyrene rice cake thingies. You join a gym and go to Mark's and Sp... Read the full review: Power to the Patient! by DarkLady |
