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It is recommended to get your BP Device calibrated annually by the manufacturer or it's accredited agent.

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Therd are many factors that can give higher than usual reading in a health care setting:

1. Anxiety ("white coat syndrome") or pain, coughing or sneezing

2. Reading done when not really at rest e.g. immediately upon arrival. If you think this was an issue, ask them to wait 10 minutes or so. Or, if hesitant to do that, then rest yourself a while outside the room first before going in.

3. Using wrong size cuff. Very common. Most farang need a larger cuff than is usually used.

4. Uncalibrated machines.

Home reading done at same time each day is most reliable provided the machine is reliable. As others have mentioned, Omron brand is good.

Note that BP is not stagnant, it fluctuates and that is normal.

I've also had nurses in hospital place the cuff on my right arm.

22 minutes ago, Nurf said:

I've also had nurses in hospital place the cuff on my right arm.

Does it matter, left or right ?

3 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Does it matter, left or right ?

Well, I googled it for you or used AI. Actually this is correct the right side is the better side although it is recommended that both sides may used

I'm incorrect. Using left side certainly isn't damaging or wholly incorrect but it appears that the right side is the more correct side

Absent soecific pathology, blood pressure should be the ssme on both sides. Doesn't matter which is used in a normal person.

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Absent specific pathology, blood pressure should be the same on both sides. Doesn't matter which is used in a normal person.

Thats exactly what my cardiologists have told me, both in BKK and in the USA. Both reccomended Omron monitors

I have been using a microlife blood pressure monitor for many years, very reliable and accurate

6 hours ago, seajae said:

I have been using a microlife blood pressure monitor for many years, very reliable and accurate

Did you get it calibrated? And how often?

If not, how can you know about it's reliability & accuracy?

17 hours ago, ravip said:

Did you get it calibrated? And how often?

If not, how can you know about it's reliability & accuracy?

I have my blood pressure checked regularly at the local clinic and at the hospital, unless they both have inaccurate monitors mine gives the same/very close results daily and occassionally high readings(why I got it) before I need to go to either of them to be checked over. It is doing exactly what I bought it for, to monitor my blood pressure to guard against very high readings and it does the job very well, readings match the clinic/hospital readings when I go in to them, it does exactly what it is meant to, to let me know when my blood pressure jumps high or drops to low

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I test myself with at least two monitors of different brands at the same sitting. It's amazing how one can be significantly higher. One can find me as Stage 2 while the other as normal. My case is a little confusing because my systolic is high while diastolic is normal. I’m on a lifetime anti-hypertension regimen.

One of the monitors actually takes three readings at one sitting and calculates the average of the three readings. It's sobering to see the large variation in the readings even though they are only a minute apart.

All the major retailers in the US stock Omron, which is a Japanese brand. Sometimes it's the only brand they carry. Medline may not be familiar because it's a supplier to hospitals and medical professionals that is now offering retail sales.

My readings are surprisingly much lower in Thailand, despite gaining weight. When I return home, they immediately start creeping up.

An upper-arm cuff on the left arm is probably better simply because it's closer to the heart.

There are now wrist monitors.

Most smart watches from China take blood pressure readings automatically. They don't have pressure sensors, so the values are calculated based on blood flow. The faster the flow, the higher the pressure. Since the readings are calculated, the watches need to be calibrated. The watches can track your blood pressure throughout the day. They can be set to sound an alarm if your blood pressure spikes.

After I swim laps, the next day my heart rate and blood pressure will be lower.

There are now smart watches from China with a real cuff between the wrist and the band. A mini air pump inside the watch inflates the cuff.