How to choose a home electronic blood pressure monitor?

Hypertension has almost become a common disease, and now most households have electronic blood pressure monitors. Electronic sphygmomanometers are simple to operate, but there are also many brands. How to choose an electronic sphygmomanometer?

1. Choose a mercury sphygmomanometer or an electronic sphygmomanometer?

Mercury sphygmomanometers have high measurement accuracy and stability, and have high technical requirements for users. If the technology is not in place and the operation is improper, it is easy to cause errors in the measured blood pressure. The electronic sphygmomanometer is simple to use and convenient to measure. However, many electronic sphygmomanometers currently on the market have not been certified. Therefore, pay attention to purchasing an electronic blood pressure monitor certified by international standards.

2. Choose arm type or wrist type for electronic sphygmomanometer?

When choosing a sphygmomanometer, consider the user's situation. For the general population, either arm style or wrist style can be used.
For middle-aged and elderly people, due to the high blood viscosity and poor microcirculation, it is recommended to use the arm pose, such as those with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. Compared with the results measured by the arm-type sphygmomanometer, the measurement value of the wrist-type blood pressure will have a large error.

3. Is the measurement method selected for automatic pressure or semi-automatic pressure?

A fully automatic sphygmomanometer is to automatically control the air intake. Press a button to automatically pressurize.
Semi-automatic is manual pressure (pressing with a rubber ball by hand), manual is more troublesome, mainly because the amount of air is not well controlled, and the pulse rate tested is not accurate if the air is too low.

4. Do I need to purchase a memory function?

The memory function of the sphygmomanometer means that the blood pressure records (high pressure, low pressure, pulse, etc.) of the measured person are stored in the machine, so that the measured person who uses it for a long time can know his blood pressure value over a period of time. Not a good feature. However, this type of electronic sphygmomanometer is expensive, because it depends on the economic conditions of the family.