Tracking your blood pressure randomly throughout the day will not be meaningful in any way, just like tracking your pulse isn't meaningful. It will only be anno

Tracking your blood pressure randomly throughout the day will not be meaningful in any way, just like tracking your pulse isn't meaningful. It will only be annoying, as blood pressure measurement is a mechanical process, unlike heart rate measurements which can be done optically or electrically. >right after you've driven to the appointment, made your way through the intake pipeline, and finally sat down in the chair, is not representative of its reading during a typical day in your life. So? It is taught pretty early in med school that before measuring the vitals, you should let the patient rest while you take their story, and ask questions related to things that might change the measurements (did you walk here? did you walk up the stairs? did you drink coffee? did you smoke etc.). And if you still want more measurements throughout the day for various reasons, you can just use holter. >all combine to make blood pressure a fairly variable statistic with limited diagnostic power when it's only measured infrequently. [citation needed] If you are hypertensive, non of the things you've mentioned will matter. Your blood pressure will be high regardless, and it will still be caught. In addition, you can't just diagnose with a single reading anyways. It is funny to read comments regarding medicine on HN.