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Measure Your Blood Pressure
2025-01-16 11:45:06| Spiritual Career Counseling
At a glanceMeasure your blood pressure regularly to help your health care team diagnose any health problems early. You and your health care team can take steps to control your blood pressure if it is too high.Why you need to measure your blood pressureMeasuring your blood pressure is the only way to know whether you have high blood pressure. High blood pressure usually has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people do not know they have it.DownloadWhere you can get your blood pressure checkedYou can get your blood pressure measured:By a health care team member at a doctor's office.At a pharmacy that has a digital blood pressure measurement machine.With a home blood pressure monitor that you can use yourself.Take this form [PDF 105 KB] with you on your first blood pressure visit to record important blood pressure-related information.Things that can potentially affect a blood pressure readingMany things can affect a blood pressure reading, including:Nervousness about having your blo...
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