blood preasure machines at drug stores?

[needtogetaas]

Or use a different appendage with sufficient bloodflow??

I can just see us all now. pants around the ankles with our dicks being squeezed
till they are blue.

 

[halfcenturian]

I can just see us all now. pants around the ankles with our dicks being squeezed
till they are blue.

Now see THAT is a target, bro. But I'm NOT taking the shot.

 

[bigslimfitting]

...my thoughts were that if it was a tighter fit for your arm the preasure could only be higher than what it was. So if it's not out of control on that machine or right at the hi point there is no need to be worried.

 

[lanky]

automatic bp cuffs can be off a bit sometimes when the cuff does not fit, especially when the person has dysrhythmias like a-fib or bigemny/trigeminy etc...

 

[splperformance]

BP cuffs come in 3 STANDARD sizes, small/medium/large for 90% of the population...then there are larger sizes for guys like us...and although your arm may fit into a cuff, the reading is going to be high...there is room for air to expand into the cuff and release thus allowing your BP to be taken...if there is too much or too little room to begin with, issues arise as far as accuracy...go to CVS and spend $20 or so and buy the all in one stethoscope/BP cuff...then you can take your BP all day and pretend you're a doctor or something too lol...it's really easy to take a BP if the stethoscope is placed in the ears the right way (yes they can be put in backwards making it very difficult to hear anything lol)...

if you have a cuff at home, here's how to take a BP...

1. wrap the cuff around the arm with the arrow running down the inside of the bicep in line with your ring finger (dummy proof artery listening spot)
2. tighten the knob on the squeeze ball (allows air to fill cuff)
3. pump until you reach about 200mm/hg on the gauge (always overfill the cuff)
4. slowly loosen the air control knob so that it releases air from the cuff (you want the air release to be very slow if you aren't good at it)
5. with the stethoscope in your ears, listen until you hear a beat (that's the systolic pressure - top number)
6. keep listening until you don't hear any more beats (once the last beat is heard, that is your dystolic pressure - bottom number)

wallaaaaaa...you are done!!!

 

[ALIN]

U guys trust the machines at the drugstores? It said that they are for arms in a range of 9-13 inches. I'm rocking 18's but can get my arm in it still? How far off you think the readings are?

I thinK EVERYONE should have a BP monitor at home and check daily.
my doctor calibrates my BP monitor with the one they use so I know its accurate.

 

[BenchTime]

I got my elbow in one today and it said 119 over 80, asked to see one out of the display case and it wouldnt fit on my arm at all. That made my day.

I thinK EVERYONE should have a BP monitor at home and check daily.
my doctor calibrates my BP monitor with the one they use so I know its accurate.

 

[sparetire]

right from wal mart or local drug store you can buy the bp home machine for about 40-50 bucks then the big cuff is about 15-25 more.. and fairly accurate... then you can take it whenever you want.. the ones in stores are off most the time, some are not too bad though..

True. I bought a decent bp machine for about 40$ at Fry's Electronics and then bought a large cuff at walgreens for another 12$. works great. Sometimes you have to measure yourself 3 times in a row and go with the average (doc told me that).

 

[Beachboy6294]

When I go to my doctor they always have to use the biggest cuff and once when the nurse used the smaller one my pressure was so high and the doctor had her redo it with the bigger cuff.

 

[layinback]

When I go to my doctor they always have to use the biggest cuff and once when the nurse used the smaller one my pressure was so high and the doctor had her redo it with the bigger cuff.

you gots some big guns fo sho.

i don't think mine are as big but i can't fit my arm in the drugstore machine

doc always uses the big cuff on me.