Can you eat before taking blood pressure

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Now people pay more and more attention to health, especially some elderly people will buy some blood pressure measuring instruments for themselves, but the elderly often have problems when using them, and the measurement is not very accurate. Today I will talk about my experience and skills, so that we can have a correct method when using them.

Can you eat before taking blood pressure

First: when we get up for breakfast, our blood pressure is generally higher. At this time, we should not measure it first. It's the best choice to start measuring in an hour or so. At the same time, we should not eat breakfast, otherwise the measurement will be inaccurate. We should pay attention to it.

Second: many older people like to get up in the morning to keep fit, run and run. These are good sports, which can help the elderly to be strong. But after the exercise, they can't measure their blood pressure. They should rest for about 20 minutes, so that they can get more accurate results.

Third: the elderly blood pressure measurement half an hour before, we should pay attention not to drink some tea and coffee. In addition, it's better not to smoke, because if you smoke and drink coffee, it will have an exciting effect on your body, and the blood pressure measured at this time will be higher.

matters needing attention

You should know that the blood pressure test is a long-term average value, which is more scientific. It is suggested that you should test at the same time in at least three days, and you should correctly measure the blood pressure value according to the above method, so that you can get the correct data.