MABIS 04-267-001 Instruction Manual

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5What Influences Blood Pressure?Many factors such as genetics, age, sex, altitude, physical activity, anxiety,muscular development, certain medications or even the time of day caninfluence blood pressure. Influences such as sleep or relaxation decreasesblood pressure, while anxiety or exercise increases blood pressure.Why Monitor Your Blood Pressure at Home?A visit to a physician’s office can be a stressful situation for a patient. And,anxiety is a known factor in raising blood pressure. This temporaryoccurrence of elevated blood pressure at the physician’s office iscommonly referred to as “white coat syndrome”.Whether or not you experience “white coat syndrome”, home bloodpressure monitoring provides you with the opportunity to supplement yourphysician’s office measurements. These home readings, when taken overa period of time, can show an accurate indication of change. Furthermore,your records can assist your physician in evaluating your health and inmaking important decisions in the diagnosis and treatment of yourcondition. Because of this, it is important to take consistent, dailymeasurements of your blood pressure.The variations in your individual readings should only be interpreted byyour physician or a trained health care professional.WHO Blood Pressure ClassificationsStandards for assessment of high or low blood pressure, regardless ofage, have been established by the World Health Organization (WHO) asshown in the chart on the following page.General Blood Pressure Information4What is Blood Pressure?Blood pressure is the pressure that is exerted by blood flowing against thewalls of the blood vessels throughout your body.Your heart, which is the center of the circulatory system, provides theforce for the blood to flow or circulate. When your heart contracts or beats,the blood is forced through the blood vessels increasing the pressure. Thisis the highest pressure in the cycle or what is referred to as SYSTOLICBLOOD PRESSURE. In between beats, your heart relaxes and your bloodpressure decreases. This is referred to as DIASTOLIC BLOODPRESSURE.This complete series of events which occurs in a single heartbeat isknown as the CARDIAC CYCLE.Your Digital Blood Pressure Monitor will automatically read your bloodpressure and display both systolic and diastolic readings on the screen.Your systolic will be positioned as the upper number and the diastolicreading will be the lower number.(systolic) 120/80 (diastolic)Blood pressure is measured in millimeters (mm) of Mercury (Hg) and isgenerally recorded with the systolic pressure (120) listed first and thediastolic pressure (80) listed second. The numbers are typically separatedby a slash mark ( / ) as shown above.Both pressure readings, the SYSTOLIC and the DIASTOLIC, are neces-sary for a physician to evaluate the status of a patient’s blood pressure.Please contact your physician for specific information regarding your ownblood pressure.