Monday, March 21, 2016

How to Choose Sphygmomanometer

There are some healthy devices that help us a lot in daily life, like the fingertip pulse oximeter, or the electric head massager. Heart and vascular diseases worldwide is one of the leading causes of death. This is confirmed by statistics. So, in 2012 this group of diseases was the cause of 31% of deaths. Leading positions in these tragic statistics is ischemia of the heart and stroke. One of the risk factors for these diseases is the high blood pressure.

Despite the fact that obtaining accurate results with the use of the mechanical tonometer requires certain skills, in the home they are applied. The only serious limitation for the measurement of pressure in such a device – you need to have good hearing. A distinct advantage is the lower price. Compared with the electronic device, it is significantly lower. Mechanical tonometer cuff is equipped with a special metal ring. It helps to independently perform the measurement (it has to do with one hand). Cuff size standard is 22-32 cm.

Semi-automatic blood pressure monitors, which has design that involves the mechanical whipping of air into the cuff. And the blood pressure measurements are taken automatically to the results output to the LCD display screen. You can control the systolic and diastolic pressure, and pulse rate.


Tonometer on the wrist might the convenient and the portable one. These devices were designed specifically for active lifestyle people. It is convenient to have them during sports or on a walk. It is compact, modern and stylish. Well suited for athletes also. The appearance of such a device is similar to a watch. Its weight is around 100 g. The digital blood pressure sphygmomanometer is well suited to people up to 50 years, athletes, pregnant women. It will not fit fat people, because the cuff size of these monitors, as a rule, small.

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