If they are positioned correctly and consistently, they're fairly reliable. Buy one and take it to your doctor's office. You shouldn't need an appointment for a B/P check. Have yo...

Low salt diet, excercise, appropriate weight, taking medications as directed are all good things to do to keep B/P at its best. The biggest mistakes I've seen with people taking their own pre...

wrist monitors are not recommended for a high degree of accuracy. If you want a general ideal, they will suffice, however if you want accurate data for a medical condition, you really need to inve...

Health professionals always use an electronic monitoring device on me and then tell me my blood pressure is way too high. Then when the doctor comes in I tell him his staff used the electronic devi...

They seem to be. I've been monitoring mine with the wrist model for a little over a year now. If you doubt the accuracy of yours, bring it to your doctors office on your next appointment, an...

Wrist blood pressure monitors have increased in accuracy over the last years, and are now generally considered to be as accurate as the upper arm blood pressure monitors. They are much more con...

No set rules on that. The most important blood test would be potassium if you are on any diuretics or ACE inhibitors. It really depends on your medical situation and the comfort level of both you...

In mm of Hg: Optional <120 Systolic <80 Diastolic in mm of Hg Normal <130 <85 High Normal 130-139 85-90 Grade I (Mild) 140-159 90...

Registered Nurse here, first of all I would change the batteries. One usually sees lowering blood pressure from one of these devices as the battery runs low. The low battery indicator on this blo...

I came across the site below. It has some good articles about defibrillators. They have information and advice on the use of blood pressure monitors that you may find helpful.

hi, if you are in the UK the ones lloyds pharmacy sell for 拢9.99 are very good. You would be better getting a proper one with arm cuff rather than the wrist ones, I have found these inaccurate. If...

on the top part ,just like on adults =they have kid cuffs

The most benefit is gained by taking blood pressure under a variety of circumstances and writing them down in your log. The more data the doctor has, the better. Things to note are: the time of d...

Well its not good .Before you get upset ,my Doctor told me a lot of those home monitoring devices are faulty and give bad readings .

It is true that stress will cause you BP to go up. After the stress subsides your BP goes back to normal, this happens to my sister all the time. Taking BP meds when your BP is normal WILL cause yo...