Blood Pressure Moniters
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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[QUOTE 4954294, member: 9609"]Can anyone recommend a descent Blood Pressure Monitor ?
They seem to be for sale from £9.99 upwards. I have just been told to buy one but I really no nothing whatsoever about them, I take they will give a reading like 130/90 or do they do other stuff as well
Could anyone give me some pointers in what I should be buying.[/QUOTE]
Do you want one like your GP uses? If so, the Omron M7 is pretty good. I've used one for five years. It stores all your readings in memory with a time tag. I think it cost about £50. It's a doddle to use and tells you your heart rate too.
Edit: I take three readings a few minutes apart. The first one is invariably a lot higher than the last.
Edit edit. Actually, I don't think it gives a time tag for the readings in memory.
They seem to be for sale from £9.99 upwards. I have just been told to buy one but I really no nothing whatsoever about them, I take they will give a reading like 130/90 or do they do other stuff as well
Could anyone give me some pointers in what I should be buying.[/QUOTE]
Do you want one like your GP uses? If so, the Omron M7 is pretty good. I've used one for five years. It stores all your readings in memory with a time tag. I think it cost about £50. It's a doddle to use and tells you your heart rate too.
Edit: I take three readings a few minutes apart. The first one is invariably a lot higher than the last.
Edit edit. Actually, I don't think it gives a time tag for the readings in memory.
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subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
Omron .
M2 is new model closest to our old one.
Had ours 10.5 years now. Bought when Mrs sub was Preggers with youngest as she was at risk of pregnancy high blood pressure .
I use it once a week still. Clear display and easy to use .
M2 is new model closest to our old one.
Had ours 10.5 years now. Bought when Mrs sub was Preggers with youngest as she was at risk of pregnancy high blood pressure .
I use it once a week still. Clear display and easy to use .
vickster
Legendary Member
Maybe it's not for him and he wasn't actually there?
S-Express
Guest
Yeah, maybe....
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Seeing the price of that compared to mine has put my BP into the stratosphere....
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DRM
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For what it's worth, my Doc uses a digital blood pressure monitor, on one of my visits to see him after the heart attack, he decided to up my ramipril (lowers blood pressure) I went to the cardiac rehab session the day after & the nurse commented that my blood pressure was in my boots, she took the reading using the arm band/stethoscope method, I did say that i had been to the docs & had my bp taken with the digital machine, she said that they were notoriously inaccurate & they always over read, apparently the old way is the best, she also got the ramipril dose reduced too as it made me feel dizzy if I got up too quickly, just something to bear in mind when ordering one
The Jogger
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I have the Omron basic, although I prefer to have mine read in the traditional way by the doctor. I did take my machine in to compare the results and they seemed pretty close. I take mine about two or three times a week, usually in the morning, no meds for me, currently.
I'm a fat bas*tard with low blood pressure. It's always fun to see them dive for the charts whenever I'm in hospital and they check it. Then the puzzled look on their face. Runs in the family.I'm a fat bas*ard with normal blood pressure. It p*sses the doctors off somewhat...
Colin_P
Guru
I'm a fat bas*ard with normal blood pressure. It p*sses the doctors off somewhat...
So was I.
Then all hell broke lose.
Low BP can be as dangerous as high BP, it is just many quacks are completely focussed on high BP. If either of you ever suffer from any light headedness or palpitations, get checked out as soon as is possible.
