How can I measure my blood pressure?

Blood pressure is an important metric to evaluate the cardiac and circulatory functions. It changes from a variety of disorders. These include cardiac, renal and endocrine disorders. And acute conditions such as infections may be accompanied by a temporary change in blood pressure. There are conventional, traditional blood pressure gauges with an inflatable cuff, which is applied on the upper arm, as well as electronic devices that measure blood pressure at the wrist. Regular, usually made in one-to two-year intervals, verification of the accuracy (calibration) is recommended for all types of devices. We can measure the blood pressure by the using of following methods:-

With a cuff sphygmomanometer

The size of the cuff is determined by the circumference of the arm. Cuffs that are too broad or too narrow can lead to incorrect results. An average cuff arm of an overweight patient can lead to incorrectly diagnose hypertension. In this case would have to be greater the cuff.

 The patient should be seated comfortably and relaxed as possible. The arm is stripped and slightly bent. The lower edge of the cuff is about 2.5 cm above the elbow furrow, approximately at heart level. If the cuff is too far below heart level, the measured blood pressure is too high. If the cuff on the other hand clearly above heart level, blood pressure appears incorrectly low.

 The evacuated cuff is tightly wrapped around the upper arm without pinch off the arm, and using the Aufblasballons quickly filled up with air until no more blood flows. Now you can slowly air and hears from the artery in the elbow with a stethoscope. On perceiving the first audible knocking the systolic blood pressure is read. The value at which the beating of closing corresponds to the diastolic blood pressure.

 Too rapid deflation of the cuff means that the systolic blood pressure and diastolic too low too high appear. Too slowly or repeatedly inflating the cuff caused a congestion of blood in the veins. This also leads to incorrect results. A break of one to two minutes between measurements to prevent this congestion.  The pulsating noise due to the narrowing of the artery or by the sudden inflow of blood. Measure blood pressure using this method in itself is, for technical reasons (cuff-creation and so on) are very difficult.

With an electronic sphygmomanometer

With newer electronic devices, the correct position of the device is important. These meters are applied to the inside of the wrist, where the pulse is felt. Here, too, the patient should keep the arm so that the meter is approximately at heart level.

 The inflation and deflation of the cuff as well as the measurement of blood pressure and most of the pulse automatically. This measurement method can be simply and easily without help carry within them. Measurement inaccuracies can occur in the electronic measurement, for example if the wrist of the person is very thick.

Blood pressure at the doctor’s chamber

In the doctor's office, the investigation takes a few minutes. For the avoidance of vascular disease, the initial measurement performed on both arms. In addition, the doctor measures your blood pressure and on the legs.  Since blood pressure fluctuates throughout the day and is influenced by time of day, physical exercise, stress and anxiety, individual measurements are often only snapshots. Therefore, the physician measures the blood pressure several times on different days and at different times.

 Before the measurements, the patient should observe a rest period of at least five minutes as nervousness, stress or excitement can raise blood pressure. The same goes for smoking prior to measurement. After a few minutes, the doctor should perform a second blood pressure measurement. If the results of the first and the second measurement differ by ten mmHg or more, a third measurement is required. The lowest of the three measured values, the doctor wears a usually in the patient's chart.