20Sep 2024 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
How to Choose a Validated Blood Pressure Monitor and Monitor Your Blood Pressure Effectively

How to Choose a Validated Blood Pressure Monitor and Monitor Your Blood Pressure Effectively

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High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. Monitoring your blood pressure at home can help you keep it under control and provide valuable information for your healthcare provider. However, the first step is choosing a reliable, validated blood pressure monitor. In this blog, we'll walk you through how to pick the right monitor and provide tips on monitoring your blood pressure accurately to take charge of your health. Why Home Blood Pressure Monitoring is Important If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension or prehypertension, your healthcare provider may recommend that you monitor your blood pressure at home. Regular monitoring allows you to: Track your progress: You can see if lifestyle changes or medications are effectively lowering your blood pressure. Detect changes…
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31Dec 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
We Finally Know the Most Accurate Way to Measure Blood Pressure

We Finally Know the Most Accurate Way to Measure Blood Pressure

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Looks Like We Finally Know the Most Accurate Way to Measure Blood Pressure. For years we have relied on office blood pressure monitoring for blood pressure management. In the previous podcast, I told you why it is essential to know your blood pressure target goal. In reality, it is not enough to just know your blood pressure target goal. You must use this knowledge when measuring and logging your blood pressures at home and ask your health care provider when to seek help. Since hypertension usually has no symptoms associated with it, it is crucial to monitor your blood pressure at home to know what your target blood pressure goal is. You need to know your target blood pressure so that you would know when to seek help. Measure your…
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03Mar 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
Welcome to Hypertension Resistant To Treatment!

Welcome to Hypertension Resistant To Treatment!

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Welcome to Hypertension Resistant To Treatment! Hi I'm Dr. Tonya! I am here to help you lower your high blood pressure. In most cases, uncontrolled blood pressure causes unnecessary health problems. BLOOD PRESSURE CAN BE CONTROLLED TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY HEALTH PROBLEMS. If YOU are READY TO DO WHAT IT TAKES to control your blood pressure, start with the 30 Days To A Better Blood Pressure under the Hypertension School tab. After completing this program, go to the blog which has a new post at least every week. Let's go! We hope that you enjoy my blog and podcasts. I thank you in advance for your support! Please subscribe to this blog, but most importantly, use the content to control your blood pressure and improve your health.
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14Feb 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
The Best Tool You Will Need for Blood Pressure Control!

The Best Tool You Will Need for Blood Pressure Control!

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The Best Tool You Will Need for Blood Pressure Control! Blood Pressure Monitoring is essential for everybody but especially for people who are resistant to take blood pressure medication or people who's blood pressure is difficult to control. Blood pressure is dynamic and it varies. However, blood pressure should vary within the normal target goal blood pressure. Researches developed new hypertension guidelines that have set new controlled target goals blood pressure. In addition to monitoring in the medical clinic,  the new guidelines says that blood pressure less than 120/80 mm Hg is the target goal for the average person 55 years old or older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skwzoadqYTM In 2015, researchers compared blood pressure taken by medical office staff with blood pressures taken by hypertension clinic experts. Poor blood pressure technique was found,…
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