I expect to get the same results every time with the Microlife monitor, but I always get different results. Is the device defective?
• The human blood pressure is not a constant body parameter. For normal physiological reasons, your blood pressure may fluctuate by up to 30 mmHg within a short time-period. So the blood pressure may change between the measurements. It is actually not easy to have same conditions during sequentially performed measurements. It is not unusual that sequential measurements give different readings based on the unstable physiological conditions and influencing side factors (talking, noise, movements, etc.). • Therefore the average of several results, obtained on several days, under comparable living situations, during the same time-frame of the day represents your individual blood pressure. Measure, for example, an hour after you had dinner on three sequential days and you will not find significant differences. The average of these results best represents your blood pressure.
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