How to measure blood pressure at home? 3 things you can't do well, you're busy
For hypertensive patients, the most important thing is the change of their blood pressure.
In addition to going to the hospital to measure blood pressure on time, many hypertensive patients now prepare a home blood pressure meter at home to facilitate normal blood pressure monitoring. However, some hypertensive patients find a problem: their blood pressure fluctuates up and down, do not know why?
Generally speaking, the blood pressure value measured every time will not be exactly the same, and almost every measured blood pressure value will not be the same, and there will be high and low fluctuations, but as long as the range of this fluctuation is not large, then There is no problem, but for hypertensive patients who pay attention to their blood pressure values, the fluctuating blood pressure values do need to be paid attention to, which may be caused by the following reasons.
First, the measured blood pressure suddenly drops. It is probably because the blood pressure is measured just after eating. The blood pressure measured at this time will be lower than the normal blood pressure value, so try not to measure the blood pressure after eating. , the blood pressure value measured in this way is not the real blood pressure value.
Second, if you measure your blood pressure when you first get up, you will find that the measured blood pressure value suddenly increases. This does not mean that your blood pressure suddenly increases overnight, but because it is the blood pressure at this time. During the morning peak period, and if you didn't sleep well last night or slept very late, you will find that your blood pressure suddenly rises when you measure your blood pressure at this time.
Third, do not do any exercise before measuring blood pressure. Some people do not sit and rest for a few minutes when measuring blood pressure, then the measured blood pressure will definitely be biased. Smoking and drinking coffee before blood pressure will cause deviations in the measured blood pressure, so you will definitely think that your blood pressure is fluctuating.
Therefore, for hypertensive patients, there are still many things to pay attention to when measuring blood pressure.
First of all, it is best to measure blood pressure within an hour of getting up in the morning, before eating breakfast. The blood pressure measured at this time is more accurate. Another time is before going to bed at night. Of course, you must not take blood pressure lowering drugs. Re-measurement, and if you want to measure blood pressure at other time periods, you must choose when you are in a happy mood. Grumpy or low mood will cause blood pressure to fluctuate.
Secondly, in order to prevent your blood pressure from fluctuating, it is best to measure your blood pressure every day at a fixed time, such as measuring within an hour of getting up every day, or at 9:30 in the evening, or some other time period. At a certain time point, the blood pressure value measured at a fixed time will not fluctuate too much.
Finally, when measuring blood pressure, you must rest for a few minutes, measure when you are comfortable, and pay attention to the correct method of measuring blood pressure. At the same time, remember not to smoke or drink before measuring blood pressure.
References:
Guo Tu, "Different diagnostic criteria for three blood pressure measurement methods", Jiangsu Health Care, No. 11, 2018.
Yu Zhenqiu, "The Significance of Defining the Course of Hypertension", Chinese Journal of Rural Medicine and Pharmacy, 2018, 11.