Hi folks, I'm back!! Just getting into the swing of things again. Hello to all! Nev x
Hi folks, I'm back!! Just getting into the swing of things again. Hello to all! Nev x
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A couple of years ago my partner was diagnosed with Diabetes and also a blood pressure level of 220 over 130, which was shockingly (as the nurse informed him) stroke level! And has been having treatment ever since and not nearly as many check-ups as he should have, so when I saw the advert on TV for Lloyds Pharmacy's Blood Pressure Monitor for only £9.99, I quickly snapped one up.
Needless to say all family and friends and even the poor customers of our pub have been rigged up and thoroughly checked with this product!
The monitor which is approx 12cm x 8cm, white in colour with a light blue start button and dark blueon/off button and labels above the results window, stating from left to right Systolic, Diastolic and Pulse/min, comes complete with carry pouch, a blue medium cuff/sleeve, instruction manual, a leaflet on Lifestyle advice to lower Blood Pressure, a Blood Pressure Record Table to record your own results and batteries.
You can actually buy bigger or smaller cuffs for £2.99, the one in the box is medium, which fits my arm (average) and my partners (like Shreks)!.
The instructions are very straight forward and the monitor is easy to use.
Briefly you connect the sleeve via a rubbery looking tube to the monitor, thread your arm through the blue sleeve above 2cm from your elbow joint, secure with the velcro fastening, leaving enough room to fit 2 fingers in-between the sleeve and your arm, switch the monitor on and press start (the machine automatically switches off after 3 minutes).
Well we did this and apart from you feel your arm is going to turn blue at any second, as the sleeve tightens, it's quite painless! After around a minute a beep sounds, the sleeve slackens and your results can be read on the screen. You can then compare your results in the grid to the instruction manual, rather than go through all the grid, I'll just mention that an ideal reading would be anything between 100-120 systolic over 60-80 diastolic. Normal is 120-129 over 80-84.
The instruction booklet is very informative and gives precise and clear instructions of when to take your blood pressure and mentions that blood pressure can fluctuate throughout the day and suggest that you test it around the same time of day.
A note on what Systolic and Diastolic mean (just in case your wondering):
Systolic: The measurement of the output of blood from the heart when it pushes blood around the body.
Diastolic: The measurement of the blood pressure returning to the heart.
To summarise, it's the most useful piece of kit I've bought for ages, I can keep an eye on not only my partner's but my own blood pressure, it's so easy to use you don't need anybody's assistance, just remember not to take your blood pressure after exercising, as I when I first tried it, I'd walked 3 miles to the chemist, uphill and nearly had a heart attack it was so high!
For the price it's excellent value.
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Feb 13th, 2007
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