Blutdruckmessgerät: Was das Herz-Symbol wirklich bedeutet
Das Gerät meldet ungleichmäßige Abstände zwischen den Herzschlägen – mehr nicht. Warum einmal Blinken wenig sagt, zweimal deutlich mehr, ...
Basics
PP on a blood pressure monitor: what the third number means
Many monitors show a PP next to systolic and diastolic. It is not a third measurement but the gap between the two values – and that is ex...
Blood pressure in the cold: why readings rise in winter
The vessels narrow, the pressure rises: in winter readings run measurably higher than in summer. How large the effect is – and what it me...
Atrial fibrillation and smartwatches: what the sensor really picks up
For heart rhythm, the sensor on your wrist is strong; for blood pressure, it is weak. The reason is physical – and it explains how seriou...
Blood pressure target range: why the time within it counts
Two people with the same average value can have had very different 24 hours. What 48,687 ambulatory measurements show about the course in...
Why your blood pressure at night matters more than during the day
At night, blood pressure should fall by 10 to 20 per cent. If this dip does not happen, cardiovascular risk rises – regardless of the day...
Measuring blood pressure without a device – is it possible?
Feeling your pulse, interpreting symptoms, smartphone apps without a cuff: why none of these methods gives a blood pressure reading – and...
Blood pressure of 105 over 65: when you should act
A low reading alone is no reason to act. Four questions that clarify whether 105 over 65 is harmless for you or should be checked.
Blood pressure chart by age: what really applies
Charts with normal values that rise with age circulate everywhere – but they are not in the guidelines. What really applies in older age ...
Blood pressure of 100 over 70 in women: when low is too low
Low blood pressure without symptoms is not considered to need treatment. What matters is not the number, but whether symptoms occur – and...
Blood pressure 160/80: why the gap matters
The upper value is clearly too high, the lower one completely normal. This combination has its own name and is the most common form of hi...
Blood pressure 135/85 – still normal or already too high?
This number sits right on the borderline – and the answer depends on where it was measured. At the doctor’s surgery it is still high norm...
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