High blood pressure

[Stephxo2217]

Has anyone else experienced inaccurate blood pressure readings? I took my blood pressure on my wrist monitor and it stated my blood pressure was 144/100 but I tried it on a different wrist monitor and it was 117/75 so I’m not sure which one is true, please help!

[daisypainters]

Hi! I was given a wrist monitor for Christmas that always reads differently from my cuff monitor so I don’t use it for monitoring. The cuff monitor matches the doctors office readings - and has matched every doctor’s I’v

[daisypainters in reply to daisypainters]

Ooops! I’ve seen over 15 years - so take your monitors in to your next appointment and ask them to help you work out which one is closest to theirs,

[arty_sax]

Wrist monitors are the least accurate. Those monitors that use the arm wrap are much more accurate... Around £40 from any pharmacy or amazon. Its best to ensure you are relaxed, sitting, dont talk, and take 3 measurements, use the average... Cant go wrong!!

[DJBee7]

You should take three separate readings with an armwrap monitor to get an accurate result, ideally whilst sat at rest.