Medical experts are known to refer to high blood pressure or hypertension as the silent killer often times more fatal than diabetes, which is also a secondary condition for many patients suffering from high BP.
However, thanks to the advancements in science and technology, the latest home use equipment includes personal use blood pressure machines that don't cost an arm and a leg to buy and allow you to get up-to-the-minute BP readings, accurately and easily.
Moreover, it so happens that many a time victims of high blood pressure problems do not exhibit any outward symptoms that would alert family, friends, coworkers or others around them regarding this life-threatening condition, which can also lead to a stroke or heart attack, if left unchecked.
This is where fatalities concerning a significant number of patients worldwide (50 million BP patients in the U.
S.
alone with nearly a third of this number unaware of even suffering from it) can be limited - by a simple act of buying one of best quality personal blood pressure monitors available across various budgets, at drugstores and in web stores.
Having anytime access to a reliable health monitoring system such as the electronic BP machine or a manually operated (mercury based, integrated with stethoscope use to arrive at accurate readings) BP checking device if one is medically trained to operate it, is a distinct advantage for those diagnosed with lifestyle diseases like hypertension.
The new-age compact, digital variety of blood pressure machines allow you to track your BP in the comfort of your home, saving you time, energy and money spent to have this checked up at a medical facility with no hassles of making appointments or dealing with adverse weather and traffic conditions.
Some of the more feature-rich home use BP measuring devices also capture accurate readings for pulse and maintain a record of past BP readings (from last 5 readings to 20 or more) to give users a range of results across a week or more.
This ensures any lifestyle improvements, including dietary restrictions and medication changes to be incorporated at the earliest, based on the reports digitally displayed on the unit's screen.
Those machines that are developed in consultation with medical advisors prove to be the best home medical support equipment as they enable users to access vital BP related info, past readings and record new ones for tracking changes and reviewing these easily when visiting the doctor next to determine future treatment options more accurately.
Another great advantage of quality BP monitoring systems is that since the personal use blood pressure monitors are mostly designed for simple push-button operation, seniors as well as those with limited use of their physical faculties can easily use them for close monitoring of BP readings for themselves or another person.
For example, the latest BP monitoring gadgets come with a self-inflating cuff that reduced the pumping required in basic models, which being a muscular activity can negatively impact the blood pressure readings and thus, is ideal for patients suffering from arthritis.
Finally, the latest LCD technology aided advanced BP devices afford an effective solution for multiple health conditions to be monitored efficiently, such as high blood pressure and diabetes along with asthma.
Some allow for printing of the data, while others allow transferring of biometric readings via a virtual delivery system for healthcare providers across the same city or different continents with equal ease and accuracy.