Importance Of Self-Measurement Of Blood Pressure - Hartmann Tensoval mobil Mode D'emploi

To determine your blood pressure
he you need to measure two values:
Systolic (upper) blood pressure:
Is produced when the heart
od contracts and pumps blood into
the blood vessels.
Diastolic (lower) blood pressure:
This is the value measured when
the heart muscle is dilated and
again fi lls with blood.
Blood pressure readings are
e expressed in mmHg.
Established hypertension (high
blood pressure) is defi ned as repea-
ted measurement of a systolic value
greater than 140 mmHg and/or
a diastolic value greater than 90
mmHg. Please note that this classi-
fi cation of blood pressure values is
independent of age. Optimal blood
pressure values have health bene-
fi ts for all people.
There is no generally recognised
defi nition of too-low blood pressure
(hypotension). Readings of less
than 100 mmHg systolic and less
than 70 mmHg diastolic are
considered too low. Please note
that, unlike too-high blood pressure
values, too-low blood pressure
values are not usually expected to
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be associated with health risks.
However, if you are always feeling
unwell, you should check with your
doctor.
2.2 Importance of self-measure-
ment of blood pressure
Constantly elevated blood pressure
multiplies the risk for other health
problems. Chief among these are
the physical consequences of a
heart attack or stroke including, for
example, disability requiring nur-
sing care, paralysis of one side of
the body and organic heart or brain
damage. In addition to other
medical treatment measures, daily
blood pressure monitoring will help
to protect you from these adverse
health outcomes.
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