Prestige MEDICAL HM-30 Manual De Instrucciones página 5

ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE
New W.H.O blood pressure classifi cations
Standards for assessing high
or low blood pressure without
regard to age have been
established by the World Health
Organization (WHO) as shown
in the chart to the right.
Variations in blood pressure
An individual's blood pressure varies greatly on a daily and
seasonal basis. These variations are even more pronounced in
hypertension patients. Normally the blood pressure rises while
at work and is at its lowest during sleep.
*Note
Hypertension: means a person who has high blood pressure
symptoms.
The graph to the right
illustrates the variations in
blood pressure over a whole
day with measurement taken
every fi ve minutes.
The thick line represents sleep. The rise in blood pressure at
4 PM (A in the graph) and 12 PM (B in the graph) correspond
to an attack of pain.
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