1.What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure is a measurement of the force of blood flowing against the walls of the arteries .Arterial blood pressure is constantly changing during the course of the systolic blood pressure,the lowest is the diastolic blood pressure .Both pressure readings,the systolic and the diastolic are necessary to enable a physician to evaluate the staus of a patient's blood pressure .Many factors such as physical activity,anxiety or the time of day ,can influence your blood pressure .Blood pressure is typically low in the morning and increases from the afernoon to the evening.
2.Why is it useful to measure blood pressure at home?
Having one's blood pressure measured by a doctor in a hospital or a clinic,and a group healt checks,tend to stimulate nervousness in the subject and may even create high blood pressure.Also varies blood pressure in accordance with a variety of conditions and so judgment is not possible on the basis of a single measurement.
The blood pressure measured first thing in the morning after getting up,before taking any food and with the subject still,is known as the fundamental blood pressure. In practice it is rather difficult to record the fundamental blood pressure,but to come as near as possible to measuring the blood pressure in an environment that is close to this ,is why it is useful to take the measurement at home.
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