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Reason
sytolic pressure
diastolic pressure
high
low
high
low
Drinking, smoking
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•
Excitement or sporting
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seeing a doctor, desire to urinate
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•
change of tem-
perature
high
•
•
low
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After bathing, deep breathing or
yawning
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•
Cuff placing
tight
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•
loose
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Cuff position
above the heart
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•
below the heart
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•
The blood pressure is influenced by a variety of different factors, such as
bodily circumstances or a wrong operation of the monitor. Some people
even get nervous when seeing a doctor and that will make their blood pres-
sure rise.
Single measurements can not indicate the whole blood level, so you need
not to be anxious for isolated higher or lower blood pressure results. The
most important thing is to master one‘s blood pressure trend through long-
term measurement. Please talk to your doctor for useful judgement of your
recorded values.
Average values of normal arterial blood pressure (mmHg):
The following chart shows usual average values. You could obtain similar
results by measuring your blood pressure for several days at the same time.
(so called „Basic Blood Pressure“)
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