excessively fast heart rate) may be caused, among other
things, by heart disease, age, physical predisposition, exces-
sive use of stimulants, stress or lack of sleep. Arrhythmia
can only be ascertained through examination by your doctor.
Repeat the measurement if the flashing icon
played after the measurement. Please note that you should
rest for 5 minutes between measurements and not talk or
move during the measurement. If the icon
often, please contact your doctor. Any self-diagnosis and
treatment based on the test results may be dangerous. It is
vital to follow your doctor's instructions.
Risk indicator:
The measurements can be classified and evaluated in ac-
cordance with the following table.
However, these standard values serve only as a general
guideline, as the individual blood pressure varies in different
people and different age groups etc.
It is important to consult your doctor regularly for advice.
Your doctor will tell you your individual values for normal
blood pressure as well as the value above which your blood
pressure is classified as dangerous.
The classification on the display and the scale on the unit
show which category the recorded blood pressure values
fall into. If the values of systole and diastole fall into two dif-
ferent categories (e.g. systole in the ‚High normal' category
and diastole in the ‚Normal' category), the graphical classi-
fication on the device always shows the higher category; for
the example given this would be ‚High normal'.
Blood pressu-
re value cate-
is dis-
gory
Setting 3:
severe
appears
hypertension
Setting 2:
moderate
hypertension
Setting 1:
mild
hypertension
High normal
Normal
Optimal
Source: WHO, 1999 (World Health Organization)
7. Error messages / trouble-shooting
In case of faults, the
• Error messages may appear if:
• systolic or diastolic pressure could not be measured (
or
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Systole
Diastole
(in mmHg) Action
(in mmHg)
≥ 180
≥ 110
160 – 179 100 – 109
140 – 159 90 – 99
130 – 139 85 – 89
120 – 129 80 – 84
< 120
< 80
_ message appears in the display.
appears on the display)
seek medical at-
tention
seek medical at-
tention
regular monitoring
by doctor
regular monitoring
by doctor
self-monitoring
self-monitoring