Blood Pressure Monitor

Blood Pressure Monitor
Why the store blood pressure monitor gives different readings than mine at home?

Today before leaving for work my Bp Monitor Omrom HEM 780 gave me 145/97 , I went to the store and it gave me 148/105 which is very high , which one I should trust? The Omron has 498 readings , 4 stars at 5 on Amazon.

PS: Also I wait only 2 minutes before taking the reading at the store

There really isn't much of a difference between the 2 readings while one can expect a store reading or doctors office reading to be slightly higher because they're not ideal settings both measurements are considered hypertension as they're both over 140/90. Now if there was a significant difference between the 2 measurements then you have the potential for misdiagnosis. Wiki has a good section about the diagnosis of hypertension and measurement of blood pressure and on what perceived ideal settings are feel free to give it a read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertension

How to use Omron Blood Pressure Monitor at www.pharmacyonweb.co.nz

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