By measuring your blood pressure every morning
before breakfast you can determine your basic
blood pressure. By always carrying out the
measurement at the same time of day, external
influences on blood pressure can be excluded as
much as possible.
If you want to gain insight into the daily
fluctuations of your blood pressure, measure your
blood pressure at several set points during the
day.The risk of illness due to high blood pressure
depends on all pressures that occur during the
day, not only on the blood pressure you happen
to have in the morning.
Always write down the date and the time along
with the blood pressure values measured. Keep in
mind that only a doctor is capable of analysing
your blood pressure values. On no account make
a diagnosis yourself and NEVER change the dose
of medication prescribed by a doctor.
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