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What you should know about blood pressure
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Operating the unit
3. Why you should measure blood pressure regularly
Even the time of day has an influence on your blood pressure. During the day
the values are generally higher than during the periods of rest at night. One-off
and irregular measurements therefore say little about your actual blood pressure.
A reliable assessment is possible only when measurements are taken regularly.
Discuss the measurement values with your doctor.
1. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure values
The cardiovascular system has the important function of supplying all organs and
tissues in the body with sufficient amounts of blood and of transporting metabolites.
For this, the heart contracts and expands at a regular rate of about 60 to 80 times
per minute. The pressure of the flowing blood on the artery walls caused by the heart
contracting is termed systolic. The pressure in the ensuing relaxation phase, when the
heart refills with blood, is termed diastolic. During daily measurement you determine
both values.
2. Reasons for measuring different values
Our blood pressure responds to internal and external influences like a sensitive
measuring instrument. It can be affected by even slight changes. This explains
why often values measured with the doctor or pharmacist are higher than those
measured at home in the environment you are used to. Changes in the weather,
climate changes, or physical or psychological stress can have effects as well.
To delete the entire memory, call up the average value, press the Memory button
again and hold down until the average value has disappeared. If the display flashes,
the deletion process has not been completed and must be repeated.
To delete individual measured values, press the Memory button repeatedly to call
up the desired measured value. Then press the Memory button again and hold
down for 8-10 seconds until the measured value has disappeared.
If no value is stored, there is no display.
