Omron Blood Pressure Monitor

[pottypete1]

Yesterday I had occasion to check my blood pressure as I was feeling a bit nauseous and felt my blood pressure might be high. It was high albeit only marginally.

I thought it worth pointing out to those who have an Omron monitor that an ectopic is registering as an irregular heartbeat. Whilst strictly speaking this is correct it is not the same as AF which would also be registered as an irregular heartbeat.

Ectopics (extra or missed heartbeats) occur in all of us although more often felt by AF sufferers and are in the main benign and are normally nothing to worry about.

Pete

[GrannyE]

Sanjay Gupta of York Cardiology has lots of brilliant Utubes re this.

[Archaeolog]

Thanks. Good to know.

[Kernowfib]

As an update to Pottypete’s post, having 40,000 ectopics a day, my Omron monitor would not work at all. It simply reported a fault: ‘Clothing interfering with cuff’. Even when there is no clothing on the arm. This is where the ectopics are producing an arrhythmia out of the parameters of the monitor.

[pottypete1 in reply to Kernowfib]

If my maths are right 40,000 is one everyday 2 seconds.

Definitely seems more like AF than Ectopics.

Pete

[Kernowfib in reply to pottypete1]

It was a lot, Pete, that’s for sure, but a ‘P’ wave categorised it as Bigeminy Ectopics, which after 12-months has now transformed into constant A. Fib., without a ’P’ wave. However, the Omron wouldn’t work at all with the ectopics, which were producing an horrendous erratic ECG trace on my Kardia, but the Omron works just fine now since the transformation into constant A. Fib., which incidentally now produces a steady if not irregular, irregular ECG trace.

Here’s hoping an imminent Cardioversion will have a positive effect.

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

My Omron BP and H/R monitor would ERR.

Error.

I am now CONTROLLED so it doesn't ERR

also I changed to a Microlife which is a smaller cuff.

Always get Dr to check it. This one takes 4 x AA batteries.

cheri JOY

But one which has a memory.