High Blood Pressure Monitors

By Jennifer Bailey

Doctors consider blood pressure check-ups important. It can be either a regular check with the doctor, or one at home. If you want to check it at home the equipment should be accurate and easy to operate. People even consider the weight of the equipment and the cost, too. Blood pressure measured in a doctor's office only provides a momentary value. Repeated measurements at home reflect s one's actual blood pressure values under everyday conditions.

As people tend to be more relaxed at home than in a doctor's office, it is wise to have blood pressure monitoring equipment at your residence. And these regular blood pressure measurements taken at home can provide your doctor with valuable information on your normal blood pressure values and pulse.

Wrist blood pressure monitors fill this need. These come in the form of cuffs that can be wrapped around the hand, and within seconds blood pressure and pulse rates appear on the large digital display. These monitors are convenient, and as easy to put as a wristwatch. They inflate automatically and provide digital readouts on a screen attached to the band. For accurate measurements, all wrist blood pressure monitors must be positioned at heart level.

The position sensor arrows on the display guide you to hold your measuring arm in the right position, at heart level. Some of these monitors store the readings of the last 30 measurements. Here the storing is done automatically, without having to press the memory button after a measurement, and this memory cannot be cleared.

Naturally, if you care about your health, you care about your blood pressure. So these accurate records will help your doctor realize which times of day, which foods, and which activities make you most vulnerable to rises in blood pressure, and this in turn helps your doctor prescribe the right medicine for you.