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What you should know about blood pressure
Deleting data
To delete individual values, press the Memory button several times to obtain the measured value required.
Then press the Memory button again and hold it down for 8-10 seconds until the value first flashes and then disappears.
To delete the entiry memory, recall the relevant average value display (A) and press the MEM button again, holding it down
until the mean value first flashes and then disappears.
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure values1.
The cardiovascular system has the important function of supplying all organs and tissues in the body with sufficient
amounts of blood and of transporting metabolites. To do so, the heart contracts and expands at a regular rate of about 60
to 80 times per minute. The pressure of the flowing blood on the artery walls caused by the heart contracting is termed
systolic. The pressure in the ensuing relaxation phase, when the heart refills with blood, is termed diastolic. During daily
measurement you determine both values.
Why you measure different values2.
Our blood pressure responds to internal and external influences like a sensitive measuring instrument. It can be affected by
even slight changes. This explains why values measured by a doctor or pharmacist are higher than those measured at home
in the environment you are used to. Changes in the weather, climate changes, or physical or psychological stress can have
effects as well.
Why you should measure blood pressure regularly3.
Even the time of day has an influence on your blood pressure. During the day the values are generally higher than during
the periods of rest at night. One-off and irregular measurements therefore say little about your actual blood pressure. A
reliable assessment is possible only when measurements are taken regularly. Discuss the measurement values with your
doctor.