Re: Ping: David Cohen - blood pressure cuff advice?


"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> spodosaurus wrote:
>> I need to start monitoring my blood pressure at home. It was 150/100 on
>> friday, my highest ever. If it goes any higher we're going to have to put
>> me on more medication to lower it. Given my platelet count, I'm really
>> not liking having blood pressure this high. My doctors were worried about
>> bleeding with blood pressure increses during exercise before all these
>> treatments when my blood pressure was 100/60, so I'm REALLY not
>> comfortable at this point and I need more than a bi-weekly reading in the
>> doctor's office (I'm in for blood tests twice weekly, but the nurses are
>> often too busy to take my blood pressure). So: what should I look for in
>> buying a blood pressure cuff for home? They have these automatic ones
>> that cost about $100 dollars here, available from most pharmacies. I
>> haven't had very good luck with the digital thermometers sold at
>> pharmacies, though, so I thought I'd ask around a bit before buying the
>> cuff (but only a little bit, I need to get this thing soon if only for
>> psychological relief).
>>
>> Ari
>>
>>
>
> Seeing as most wrist monitors aren't very good for accuracy (except the
> Omron R5), I'm probably going to go with an arm monitor. I'm looking at
> the AND UA-767 and UA-767+ models, the Omron R5, and the Omron T5. The
> AND's don't have "fuuzzy logic", whatever the heck that is, and they don't
> have memory of more than one previous reading (if that), but then again
> the Omron T5 doesn't either. If I can find an Omron R5 here in Western
> Australia, that's probably what I'll go for, although the Omron M2 is
> about $45 cheaper because it's a manually inflated one (14 reading memory,
> no fuzzy logic or carry case).
>
> Ari

I've used the Omron R4 wrist type for a couple of years - it's quite
accurate - (I check it with the doctor's one every now and then)


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