The WHO (World Health Organization) defined the
blood pressure levels as follows in 1999:
What is low blood pressure
?
Low blood pressure causes several uncomfortable
symptoms such as dizziness or drowsiness but is
less harmful than high blood pressure.
Blood pressure variations
The blood pressure in humans varies during the day
(see chart). The causes are:
Eating, bathing, doing sport, smoking, drinking
alcohol, physical and mental stress, breathing,
conversation, exercise, changes of temperature and
humidity, etc.
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Putting on the cuff and measurement position
1.
Check to be sure that the circumference of your
wrist fits the cuff.
2.
Place the cuff around your exposed
left
wrist.
Interfering clothes and jewellery should be removed
beforehand. The top edge of the monitor should be 1
or 2 cm away from the wrist.
3.
Close the cuff. Do not put on
the cuff very tightly.
4.
Sit upright on a chair at the
table. Put your feet flat on the
floor. Relax.
5.
Make sure that the cuff is on
an imaginary line with the heart.
(See opposite figure).
6
. Start the measurement with
the ON/OFF button. Do not
move or speak.
7.
If you cannot make the measurement on the left
wrist, use the right wrist.
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