Introduction, Basic of blood pressure, Basics of blood pressure – Panasonic EW3152 User Manual
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Panasonic Upper Arm Biood Pressure Monitor
EW3152.
Measuring your own biood pressure is an important way of monitoring your
heaith. High biood pressure (hypertension) is a major heaith probiem which
can be treated effectiveiy once detected. Measuring your biood pressure
between doctor visits on a reguiar basis in the comfort of your home, and
keeping a record of the measurements, wiii heip you monitor any significant
changes in your biood pressure. Keeping an accurate record of your biood
pressure wiii heip your doctor diagnose and possibiy prevent any heaith
probiems in the future.
Basic of Blood Pressure
Your heart acts iike a pump, sending biood surging through your biood
vesseis each time it contracts. Biood pressure is the pressure exerted by
biood pumped from the heart on the waiis of biood vesseis. Systoiic
pressure is the pressure exerted when the heart contracts and pumps biood
into the arteries. Diastoiic pressure is the pressure exerted when the heart
expands, or reiaxes. When you or your doctor take your biood pressure,
both your systolic and diastoiic pressures are measured, if your biood
pressure measurement is 120 over 80 (120/80), for exampie, your systoiic
pressure is 120 whiie your diastoiic pressure is 80.