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1. Rest for about 5 minutes before taking a measurement. Even desk work increases the blood pressure on average by about 6 mmHg systolic and 5 mmHg diastolic.
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2. Do not ingest any nicotine or coffee up to one hour before taking the measurement.
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3. Do not measure your blood pressure if you urgently need to urinate. A full bladder can lead to an increase in the blood pressure of about 10 mmHg.
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4. Measure your blood pressure on a completely bare upper arm or wrist, and in a comfortable upright seated position. The blood circulation must not be constricted by a rolled-up sleeve, for example.
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5. If a wrist monitor is used, hold the cuff at heart height during the measuring procedure. The cuff of an upper arm monitor is naturally positioned at the correct height.
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6. Please do not talk or move during the measuring procedure. Talking increases values by about 6 – 7 mmHg.
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7. Wait at least one minute between two measurements, so that the vessels are relieved from pressure in preparation for a new measurement.
8. Keep track of morning and evening values and all the recent measurements taken. Veroval® blood pressure monitor provide an overview of average measurements and can save 100 readings for 2 users each.
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8. Document all measurements with the date, time and medications taken, conveniently and simply with Veroval® medi.connect.
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9. Take measurements regularly. Even if your values have improved, you should continue to check them for monitoring purposes.
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