Blood pressure of the body has certain limits. The pressure has to remain within those limits. If pressure increases, then it is called hypertension. People are unaware about their blood pressure as this does not have any symptoms. If this problem goes untreated then the effects are fatal. Mostly high blood pressure causes heart ailments like heart failure or heart attack. It is always better to monitor the blood pressure regularly to avoid complications. BP is monitored in a sphygmomanometer. The maximum and the minimum pressures are measured in this meter, called systolic and diastolic respectively. The unit of measurement is mmHg or millimeters of mercury.

Measuring Blood Pressure

There are manual and digital blood pressure monitors. It is the convenience of the patient to choose the correct monitor. These days digital BP monitors are used as they are convenient. The patient himself can monitor BP without the help of anyone. The BP cuff is made of soft material. This is cuffed around the arm just above the elbow. The cuff has to be pumped until the mercury level has reached 180. The pressure is released slowly after the monitor displays reading. The systolic and diastolic pressure is displayed in the screen. Normal diastolic pressure has to be 60-80mmHg and systolic pressure has to be 90-120 mmHg. The reading on the screen will be retained for some time. The cuff starts releasing pressure and thus inflates it.

Choose Right Size Cuff

In digital meters the level is indicated in numbers and is monitored easily. It is always better to purchase a monitor in which the cuff is used on the arm. The finger or the pulse cuffs do not give accurate reading. There are many types of digital blood pressure monitors in the market. Automatic monitors, micro life BP monitor, clinically validated BP monitor. There are small, medium and big cuff sizes available in the monitor. The patient has to decide the correct cuff size according to his requirement.

Digital Monitors Are Accurate

If the digital blood pressure monitor has more features, then the price will shoot up. It is better to go for a normal featured one to measure the BP rather than a monitor with complicated features. The price will be affordable and the patient will be comfortable in measuring BP. Digital monitors are accurate and automatic. They have to be calibrated regularly to get accurate readings. Calibration is done by the service team, of manufacturers. There will be a warrantee for the BP monitor from the manufacturer. For the person whose sight is not clear or is not comfortable in reading mercury these digital BP monitors will be very useful.

Compare Different Brands

There are many brands like Omron, Micro life, Relion And Life Source. The people have to go through the features present in different brands;

Omron monitor is silent and has feather touch technology. It can hold 14 readings in memory. If the patient has hyper tension then it shows in an indicator. The heart beats are also checked for its perfection.

In Relion monitor the display is large enough to be read easily. The date and the readings of the monitor are stored for reference. The warrantee for this product is five years.

In microlife digital BP monitor there are many features like self inflation, storage of 99 readings, display which is large enough to ready easily the readings. It detects the wrong heart beats.

Lifesource digital BP monitor is completely latex free. The display is large enough for the reference of the patient. It stores a lot of readings. The cuff size is adjustable and thus the any size person can use this monitor.