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excessivelyfastheartrate)maybecaused,among
otherthings,byheartdisease,age,physical
predisposition, excessive use of stimulants, stress or
lackofsleep.Arrhythmiacanonlybeascertained
throughexaminationbyyourdoctor.Repeatthe
measurementiftheashingicon
isdisplayed
afterthemeasurement.Pleasenotethatyoushould
rest for 5 minutes between measurments and not talk
or move during the measurement. If the icon
appears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.
WHO classication
AccordingtheWHOGuidelines/Denitionsandthe
latestndings,thetestresultscanbeclassiedand
evaluated according to the following chart.
Yourphysicianwilltellyouyournormalbloodpressure
rangeaswellasthepointatwhichyouwillbe
considered at risk.
Tableforclassicationofbloodpressurevalues(unit
ofmeasurementmmHg)foradults:
Range Systolic Diastolic Action
Hypotonia-
(degraded bl. pr.)
< 105 < 60 Check with
doctor
Optimal < 120 < 80 Self-control
Normal 120 - 129 80 - 84 Self-control
High-normal 130 - 139 85 - 89 Check with
doctor
Mildhypertension
- Grade I
140 - 159 90 - 99 Check with
doctor
Moderatehyper
-
tensive - Grade II
160 - 179 100 - 109 Seek medical
advice
Severehyper-
tension- Grade III
>=180 >=110 Seek medical
advice
 Source:WHO,1999
Thebargraphinthedisplayandthescaleontheunit
indicate the range of the blood pressure which has
beenrecorded.Ifthevaluesforsystolicanddiastolic
pressure are in two different WHO ranges ranges
(e.g.systolicinthehigh-normalrangeanddiastolic
pressure in the normal range) the graphic WHO
classicationontheunitindicatesthehigherrange
(high-normal in the example described).
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