recently purchased and is registering high blood pressure which is not accurate;life source UB-351
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Stay still, wrist above heart level. Should be good, mine registers within 1or2 points plus/minus of my norm!
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The arm must be extended at an angle of 80 degrees, seated on a table at the level of the heart in the center of the wrist with a half inch away before touching the hand... if you double the short arm blood flow and pressure increase ... there tensiometros most sensitive and taking the pressure with a bent arm
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Try it on both wrists and when using it place your arm over your chest, press the button and then stay as still as you can--this should do the trick
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That's exactly the same problem I had, Judy. My blood pressure normally runs about 116/68, and it had me at a systolic of between 124-128 each time I tested it. It's a lousy unit; I'd definitely recommend another type. Good luck!
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My dentist uses one in the office and they have me put it on, sit still, and hold it over my heart with elbow bent. My husband and I use ours all the time and have checked it with our doctors office and our unit is very accurate. Hope that helps Judy.
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Make sure the protective coverings have been removed. I wipe mine down with alcohol prep pads. A light grip gives the best accuracy is what I have found. I wear a heart monitor most of the time when working out and it is within 5-7 bpm on the high side in comparrison. I hope this helps.This is the best investment of health equipment I have ever bought. I did add 1" pedal extentions to bring my legs away from the center console which worked out great as well.
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It shouldn't jump that erratic, clime & decrease in increments, seal it in a clear plastic bag an watch it to see if your readings steady & level off ? Might get your answer
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You can verify calibration every time by expelling all the air in the cuff and laying it out flat, then check needle to see that it is lying within the center of the indicator icon. If not, the pressure obtained would not be accurate and you may need to take it to medical supply place to have it checked or contact the manufacturer
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I purchased this to (hopefully) lower my blood pressure. I have taken one tsp. per day for about three weeks. I have not taken my blood pressure yet.
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Honestly, neither my husband nor I got any kind of accurate reading with this machine. It read both of us at least 30 points higher (my pressure is usually a low normal) We tried two different machines, and both were inaccurate. My sister bought one a couple of years ago and it works fine, so we may have just been unlucky.
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I've been using iHealth to take blood pressure and heart rate readings for about 7-10 days now, and they seem to have all been automatically imported into the OS8 Health app. I don't remember doing anything to set that up.
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I confirm using an old style, non digital Sphygmomanometer. That said, an exact comparison can never be made unless measurement made simultaneously - which isn't done. Even a reading with the Omron will differ when taken moments later. Consequently, accuracy is is considered OK when readings are consistently in the same range.
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I did research and found through the American Heart Society, a list of all of the approved and trusted blood pressure machines. This was one of them. I am not expert, and if you want more accurate information contact your doctor or do further research.
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I've experienced the results of high readings way above my real bood pressure tested on another device. So needless to say I'm not sastified with this particular cuff.
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Hi Dawn, I was under the impression the number your talking about represents the memory. It holds up to 99 blood pressure readings. Hope this helped. Enjoy your day!
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I have to push my finger completely to the back of device to get consistent results. I usually check my blood pressure at the same time i check my oxygen level. I have noticed that there are sometimes when my pulse rate is 4-5 numbers apart. In that case I usually checg b/p and ozygen again, if they are still close then I just average the numbers.
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Not sure. I have the BP4M, it is pretty accurate, + or - within 5 points of a manual BP. I hope that helps a little.
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I ordered this for my mother, she hasn't had any problems with the reading been inaccurate.She takes this to her doctor to have them check it against their reading and it has been fine.I hope this information helps. Joyce
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You can't. I've had three (returned 2 due to this issue) and I ended up manually taking into account SpO2 readings are 1-4% low after talking to an otherwise very helpful tech rep. Manual says +/-2%, but all 3 were off 50% of the time with more than 2% on the low side, but never the high side. Pulse readings on all three were OK, though. Btw, in spite this shortcoming, I do like the product as I can use its alarm feature to wake me up when my heart rate or O2 drops too low.
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On the box it says,"Track your blood pressure on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch."
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I am sorry it took me a little while to get back to you, I just wanted to be as sure as I could be in finding you an answer. As far as I can tell from the User Manual that came with the product, it says the margin of error is 5 %. My husband has high blood pressure and knows his ranges and I have normal blood pressure and we both use this unit often enough to have faith that it is reading accurate enough to let us know if either of us should go to the doctor because of a way to high or low couple of readings. The manual also gives you tips on when to take and not take a reading. It also states that you need to go to your doctor and find out what your base range is and what he thinks your allowable range should be, but if you are not sure its always good to check with your doctor to be sure. Take care and I hope this helped you.