The doctor or nurse who supplies the device should make sure the cuff is the right size for your arm. The cuff is attached to a small electric recording device on a belt or strap worn on your body. It consists of a cuff which wraps around your arm. The ambulatory blood pressure monitor checks your blood pressure at frequent intervals throughout one day and one night. But, if you find this uncomfortable or inconvenient, a home blood pressure monitor can be used.Īmbulatory blood pressure monitoring is also sometimes used to check how well medicine used to treat hypertension is working. The best way to do this is using an ambulatory blood pressure monitor which can be worn for 24 hours a day. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that if your blood pressure is found to be 140/90 mm Hg or above, you should check it at home and during your normal day-to-day activities. The unit for measuring blood pressure is known as millimetres of mercury, or mm Hg for short. This leaflet is just about ways of recording your blood pressure. See the separate leaflet called High Blood Pressure (Hypertension). A persistently high blood pressure is known as hypertension. If your blood pressure is raised, the doctor will not know if this is because of the stress of being in the surgery (white coat high blood pressure) or because your blood pressure is usually and persistently high, even when relaxed at home. This can then cause their blood pressure to go up in that situation. Some people find it a bit stressful to have their blood pressure checked in a doctor's surgery. Why is it important for you to monitor your blood pressure?
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