How Often To Measure Blood Pressure  

Be sure to take it easy from half an hour before the measurement (no extreme activities such as sports, work hard, cold showers), do not smoke and do not drink coffee.


•    Sit on a high chair, with legs straight and together.


•    Sit quietly for at least five minutes without talking, and then measure the blood pressure.


•    Make a note of the upper and the lower pressure.


•    Measuring the blood pressure after 2 minutes again. Make a note again the upper and the lower pressure.


•    Repeat readings evening and note again the upper and lower pressure.


•    Write down the date, the time, the upper and the lower pressure in a list or in a blood pressure diary.


•    The measured values can fluctuate. Fluctuating blood pressure values are normal.

How often to measure? In the first week you measure blood pressure every day morning and evening to practice after that, once a month, once a sufficient measure.

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More often in a day or more than once a month measure is not usually necessary. It may be people who are tense at doctor’s visit, sometimes without them noticing it themselves. Those people have a measurement in a hospital or practice, a higher blood pressure.

What happens next with measuring blood pressure at home? After five days of practice, discuss with your doctor how to measure went along and look at the blood pressure list.