Precautions before blood pressure measurement

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It is necessary for every family to have a sphygmomanometer. There are more and more people with high blood pressure. The heredity of this disease will bring more patients. We lack the common sense of life to prevent high blood pressure. People who don't know how to test their blood pressure should take action to keep us away from this chronic disease and its greater harm. Let's talk about the precautions before blood pressure measurement.

Precautions before blood pressure measurement

First: to choose a suitable sphygmomanometer, for this aspect, I suggest that those who have certain medical knowledge have the best choice of mercury sphygmomanometer, for the general family can choose electronic sphygmomanometer. The advantage of mercury sphygmomanometer is that the measured value is more accurate, but it is troublesome to measure, while the advantage of electronic sphygmomanometer is that it is convenient to measure, but the accuracy of the measured value is poor.

Second: for patients with high blood pressure, you can measure it once before taking antihypertensive drugs, and then measure it again after taking antihypertensive drugs. You can make a comparison. For families with high blood pressure, people without high blood pressure also need to measure their blood pressure.

Third: the best way to measure blood pressure is to set position, position, sphygmomanometer and time. Fixed position refers to that the left and right hands of blood pressure measurement should be fixed; fixed position refers to that the blood pressure measurement should be fixed in the supine or sitting position; fixed sphygmomanometer refers to that there is a fixed sphygmomanometer for measurement; fixed time refers to that the time of blood pressure measurement is 9:00 in the morning or at noon or at some time in the evening. Once the time is fixed, don't change it easily.

matters needing attention

When measuring blood pressure, you can't hear the value clearly for the first time. When you need to measure the value for the second time, you need to take the second measurement after a few minutes. When mercury sphygmomanometer is used to measure, you should choose to measure two centimeters above the brachial artery, and measure the line of sight and mercury level.