People are willing to measure their blood pressure several times a day for the rest of their lives. You don't have to do that. Blood pressure changes too often throughout the day. You can't keep up with him. Sooner or later, the roof will go from worries about this.
Measure exactly as much as it should be. It depends.
At the beginning
If an increase in blood pressure has recently been detected, and you need to catch it again, then it is measured twice a day for several days in a row. Usually no longer than a week.
The first time is measured in the morning and the second time in the afternoon or evening. Each time they are measured not once, but two or three times. It turns out two or three times in the morning and two or three times in the evening.
Several days are needed in order to smooth out all these natural fluctuations, circadian rhythms, experiences at work and at home, physical activity and other reasons affecting pressure.
When the doctor changes something
If the approach to controlling your blood pressure changes, that after each such change, you need to measure and write down again for a week in the same mode. If you are too lazy to do this for a whole week, then as a last resort you can limit yourself to three days.
When all is well
If you have been living with your blood pressure for a long time and have learned to control it, if the doctor has not changed anything, then you do not need to measure the pressure too often. Usually one day a month is enough. Measured twice in the morning and twice in the evening. One day a month.
If it is very itchy to measure the pressure, then you can check it yourself once a week.
Some cardiologists advise, even if everything is fine, to measure your blood pressure twice a day for a week, but do so no more than once every three months.
If all else fails
If it is not possible to control the pressure, then it is measured throughout the same cherished week, but once a month. They measure a week, and then live peacefully for three weeks.
When to measure
Measured no earlier than 30 minutes after emptying the bladder, drinking caffeine, or exercising. You need to sit quietly for exactly five minutes with the tonometer cuff on your shoulder. Legs do not need to be crossed. You need to lean on the back of the chair.
Antihypertensive drugs can dramatically and quickly reduce your blood pressure, so they are usually measured 30 to 60 minutes before taking them.
What's the catch
First, about the good. If a person has the same white coat syndrome, then it would be very convenient for him to measure a week in a calm atmosphere for himself. Well, then tell the cardiologist about it. And show a piece of paper with numbers.
The bad news is that all high blood pressure standards were developed for office measurement. That is, the fashion in this question was asked 70 years ago, when no one bothered with a calm home environment. Measured in a hospital and chose a threshold of 140/90 millimeters of mercury.
Now everyone has become pampered and they measure their pressure at home. It's not fair. Therefore, there is a chance that the cardiologist will take 130/80 millimeters of mercury as the threshold for your home measurement. Will lower your threshold. Well, or will increase the requirements. Have you heard about this?
