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<blockquote data-quote="aspenleaf" data-source="post: 218364" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It also helps if you keep still while having your blood pressure taken. If you pump your arm you can get a higher reading. Also if the cuff is too small you will get a higher reading. You need 3 readings to confirm that you are hypertensive. The machines and humans are not always right. (Those 3 readings are to be done on different days – so don’t let them do them all 3 in a row.) You can also get a higher reading if they just inflated the cuff but the machine didn’t work and then they try again; they need to let you rest for a few minutes before trying again or you will get a false high reading.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Don't use caffeine, alcohol, or tobacco products 30 minutes before measuring your blood pressure. </span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Go to the bathroom before measuring your blood pressure. </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Rest for 3 to 5 minutes before measuring your blood pressure. Do not talk. </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sit in a comfortable position, with your legs and ankles uncrossed and your back supported. </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Place your arm, raised to the level of your heart, on a table or a desk, and sit still. </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Wrap the correctly sized cuff smoothly and snugly around the upper part of your bare arm. The cuff should fit snugly, but there should be enough room for you to slip one fingertip under the cuff. </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Be certain that the bottom edge of the cuff is 1 inch above the crease of your elbow. </span></span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aspenleaf, post: 218364, member: 5143"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]It also helps if you keep still while having your blood pressure taken. If you pump your arm you can get a higher reading. Also if the cuff is too small you will get a higher reading. You need 3 readings to confirm that you are hypertensive. The machines and humans are not always right. (Those 3 readings are to be done on different days – so don’t let them do them all 3 in a row.) You can also get a higher reading if they just inflated the cuff but the machine didn’t work and then they try again; they need to let you rest for a few minutes before trying again or you will get a false high reading. [/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Don't use caffeine, alcohol, or tobacco products 30 minutes before measuring your blood pressure. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Go to the bathroom before measuring your blood pressure. [/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Rest for 3 to 5 minutes before measuring your blood pressure. Do not talk. [/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Sit in a comfortable position, with your legs and ankles uncrossed and your back supported. [/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Place your arm, raised to the level of your heart, on a table or a desk, and sit still. [/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Wrap the correctly sized cuff smoothly and snugly around the upper part of your bare arm. The cuff should fit snugly, but there should be enough room for you to slip one fingertip under the cuff. [/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Be certain that the bottom edge of the cuff is 1 inch above the crease of your elbow. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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