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> It's a chore that takes minimum 10 minutes twice a day 10 minutes sounds like a lot, I have a pretty common OMRON automatic pressure measuring device[0], and

> It's a chore that takes minimum 10 minutes twice a day 10 minutes sounds like a lot, I have a pretty common OMRON automatic pressure measuring device[0], and it takes about a minute to do the actual measuring, plus, say, another two to take off my sweater and put it back on. I suppose I am missing something, how come it takes much longer for you? EDIT: have you tried meditation? As a fellow person with genetic disposition for HBP, it was somewhat helpful for me, when I could do it regularly. [0] something like this, but older https://omronhealthcare.com/products/5-series-wireless-upper-arm-blood-pressure-monitor-bp7250/ https://omronhealthcare.com/products/5-series-wireless-upper...

YeGoblynQueenne 6y ago
>> I suppose I am missing something, how come it takes much longer for you? Not the OP, but at a guess (one of my relatives has kidney disease and take their blood pressure twice a day every day), it takes about 5' to relax, then another 5' to take two readings and combine the results. My relative takes three readings and keeps the last. From my understanding this is common with electronic devices, where the measured BP changes between readings. Again from my relative's experience (I helped them with a bit of code to keep track of their BP and plot it etc) the trend is usually monotonic, i.e. either it starts low and goes up a bit, or it starts high and goes down a bit. Sometimes more than "a bit", like from 130/80 to 120/70 (i.e. from hypertensive to normotensive range), etc. Manual sphygmomanometers don't seem to have the same variance in their readings. From my understanding, the digital devices have some kind of model that estimates BP from the readings of an oscillometric sensor and are less accurate than the hand-operated ones. The table-top mercury ones are the most reliable of the bunch. And as to finger-cuff devices, you might as well read tea leaves.
- riffraff 6y ago
  ah, that makes sense, thank you. I used to take multiple readings too, but then concluded it was somewhat pointless: my measurements seem to be pretty consistent, and I would only be alerted when I noticed a shift over multiple days, but I understand how this can vary by person.

YeGoblynQueenne 6y ago

>> I suppose I am missing something, how come it takes much longer for you? Not the OP, but at a guess (one of my relatives has kidney disease and take their blood pressure twice a day every day), it takes about 5' to relax, then another 5' to take two readings and combine the results. My relative takes three readings and keeps the last. From my understanding this is common with electronic devices, where the measured BP changes between readings. Again from my relative's experience (I helped them with a bit of code to keep track of their BP and plot it etc) the trend is usually monotonic, i.e. either it starts low and goes up a bit, or it starts high and goes down a bit. Sometimes more than "a bit", like from 130/80 to 120/70 (i.e. from hypertensive to normotensive range), etc. Manual sphygmomanometers don't seem to have the same variance in their readings. From my understanding, the digital devices have some kind of model that estimates BP from the readings of an oscillometric sensor and are less accurate than the hand-operated ones. The table-top mercury ones are the most reliable of the bunch. And as to finger-cuff devices, you might as well read tea leaves.

riffraff 6y ago
ah, that makes sense, thank you. I used to take multiple readings too, but then concluded it was somewhat pointless: my measurements seem to be pretty consistent, and I would only be alerted when I noticed a shift over multiple days, but I understand how this can vary by person.