What is the correct way to measure blood pressure

The human body's blood pressure fluctuates constantly depending on the environment. When measuring blood pressure in the hospital, the environment is relatively noisy, and patients are prone to nervousness, resulting in a large difference between the blood pressure measured in the hospital and at home. Due to the lack of professional guidance from doctors when testing blood pressure at home, many patients will experience irregular blood pressure, which affects blood pressure monitoring and doctors' diagnosis. In order to ensure accurate measurement, hypertensive patients and their families need to master the correct method of measuring blood pressure at home.

1. The instrument must be certified. There is no special certification for blood pressure monitors in our country, but certification from the United States or the European Union can also prove the quality and accuracy of blood pressure monitors.

2. Measure posture. Some patients measure their blood pressure directly in bed when they wake up early, which is inaccurate. When measuring blood pressure, you need to sit on a chair and keep the height of the chair and the table appropriate. It is best to keep your arm at the same height as your heart.

3. Measure the time. Blood pressure should be measured between 10 minutes and 1 hour after waking up, and you need to sit quietly for about 10 minutes before measuring.

4. Do not take medicine or have breakfast before measurement.

Patients with hypertension may lack confidence in the treatment of the disease due to long-term medication. In fact, if they take medication on time as prescribed by the doctor, blood pressure can be effectively controlled. It is not suitable to stay up late. A regular schedule of going to bed early and getting up early helps control blood pressure.

Blood pressure changes all the time. Patients may experience unstable blood pressure due to incorrect measurement methods, irregular measurement times every day, inconsistent measurement postures, or even different sleeping conditions, activity conditions, or mental states of the patients. Director Feng Yingqing reminded that if you need to maintain the comparability of daily blood pressure measurements, you need to measure blood pressure under the same conditions as much as possible every day.