There have been quite a number of debates on the topic of accuracy that wrist blood pressure monitors could give. You may be very familiar as to how reliable manual blood pressure monitors are. But now is also to the e that we should see what new devices could offer to us. Anything can be very useful if they are used properly. According to the American Heart Association, the best one to measure blood pressure at home is the one that measures blood pressure in your upper arm.
But it is also inevitable
that there are some whose arms are very big like the wrestlers or big guys or there could be some who
do not like the pressure in their arm. In these cases wrist blood pressure monitors could be used.
Wrist blood pressure monitors are extremely sensitive to your body position and movements.
To get an accurate reading using these, the arm and the wrist must be at heart level. Blood pressure
taken using these are slightly higher compared to those taken at the arm because the arteries on our
wrists are narrower and not as deep under skin compared to those in our forearms.
Until now there are still some who relies on wrist blood pressure monitors. I had one at home
as well as a manual one. Normally, what I do is that I try my wrist blood pressure monitor twice. If I am
not satisfied with the results or if I think the result is not correct I verify it using a manual blood pressure
monitor. I really do not say that the results using a wrist blood pressure monitor. It’s just that we, users,
should follow the rules on how it should be used. All machines work well when they are used properly.
With regards to the sales that wrist blood pressure monitors bring, there are still a lot of people buying
both online and in stores which sell these items. Even the models are upgrading and more and more of
them are popping up in the market.
There have been studies who are presenting both sides of the coin. Some would say that wrist
blood pressure monitors’ results can be relied upon and some do not. Each of them has his grounds
on his opinion and we should respect them. At the end of the day, it will still be you who will decide. Or
if you find it hard as to what kind of blood pressure monitor you should buy, you may ask your doctor
as to what kind would be suitable for you at home. But consulting the doctor should still be done on a
regular basis so that he may also follow up your body’s condition. It still different when the doctor is the
one who says how good your body’s condition is and also to follow up on the medicines that you should
take to have your body in good shape. You can always see the best opinion with the people whom you
trust.