On World Day… 5 guidelines for measuring blood strain

Russia – Heart specialist Ionona Khamitskaya, on the event of the World Day Towards Excessive Blood Stress, which falls on Could 17 of every 12 months, has recognized 5 guidelines for measuring blood strain ranges.

The skilled talked in regards to the numerous gadgets which might be used to measure blood strain ranges in houses, medical clinics and hospitals, in addition to gadgets that measure blood strain ranges all through the day.

In response to her, there’s a algorithm for measuring blood strain degree:

The suitable cuff have to be used for every particular person.

Measure blood strain earlier than taking antihypertensive medicines if the particular person is present process remedy.

Don’t smoke or drink espresso half an hour earlier than measuring your blood strain.

Go to the bathroom earlier than measuring your blood strain and sit quietly for 5 minutes.

Calm down the hand and place it on a flat floor at coronary heart degree.

She says: “The cuff ought to be positioned on the naked arm and never on clothes. The cuff ought to be on the degree of the center of the sternum, 2-3 cm above the cubital fossa. The particular person present process blood strain measurement ought to sit on a chair with out crossing his legs. He ought to chill out his hand and place it on a flat floor on the degree of the center. Throughout this time, he should sit quietly and never converse.”

It might appear that the primary downside with excessive arterial blood strain is both not measuring it and ignoring the excessive degree, or measuring it incorrectly. Furthermore, some sufferers, fearing a rise in blood strain, measure it repeatedly, which causes its degree to rise in response to emphasize.

She says: “Earlier than visiting the physician, it’s adequate to measure blood strain twice a day for per week or no less than for 3 days, with a minimal of 12 measurements. To observe the effectiveness of remedy in the long run, it is suggested to measure the blood strain degree a couple of times per week or as soon as a month.”

Supply: “Izvestia” newspaper