Citizen CH-671F ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE

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ABOUT “BLOOD PRESSURE”

The heart is a pump that circulates

blood thr oughout your body. B lood i s pump ed fro m the heart into the

arteri es. T his pres sure is c alled the art erial blo od p ressu re, which

represents, in ge neral, b lood pr essure. Blood pressure is in dicated by

several kinds of pressures such as: systolic pressure that occurs when the

heart pumps blood; and di astolic pressure that oc curs jus t when blood

returns to the heart.

Blood pressure differs

with age, gender and other factors. Blood pressure of one person is likely to

be affecte d by biorhyth m of a day, posture, physi cal act ivities, mental

activities, stress and atmospheric temperatures.

It is said that blood pressure of a healthy person varies by 20 to 50 mmHg

within a day.

Blood pressure value (mmHg) Time of day

Systolic blood pressure

Diastolic blood pressure

What is blood pressure?

Blood pressure changes at all times.

(Systolic) (Diastolic)

Artery Artery

Left atrium

Left

ventricle

Left atrium

Left

ventricle

Dilation

Contraction

The artery wall expands.

Normal state is restored

to the artery wall.

Contents

Main GENERAL REMARKS Genera l re marks on blood pre ssure and bloo d pre ssure measurement For proper measure of blood pressure Page PRECAUTION FOR USE AND MAINTENANCE Precau tion fo r use Recaut ion for m ainte nance Nature a nd freq uency o f maint enanc e: Protec t the nat ure env ironm ent: WEEE MARK Warning Reference European standard: European Representative: IDENTIFICATION OF PARTS UNIVERSAL DESIGN HOW TO LOAD BATTERIES HOW TO UNLOAD BATTERIES HOW TO SET THE CLOCK After making sure that the power is turned off, press and hold for more than a second. Set the Year. Set the Month. Set the Date. Set the Hour. Set the Minute. POINTS FOR ACCURATE MEASUREMENT Page Page HOW TO MEASURE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE Your blood pressure can be readily measured with the push of a button. Wrap the wrist cuff around your left wrist. Make sure that your posture is correct. Press . Press to turn off power. Automatic Power Off Function IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO STORE MEASUREMENT RESULTS Press and hold for more than 2 seco nds whil e th e me asur emen t results are displayed. HOW TO CALL UP DATA STORED IN MEMORY Press . HOW TO CALL UP PREVIOUS MEASUREMENT RESULTS Press during display of data in memory. HOW TO CALL UP MONTHLY AVERAGE DATA HOW TO CALL UP MONTHLY AVERAGE DATA Press . HOW TO CALL UP PREVIOUS MONTHLY AVERAGE DATA Press during display of the current months average data. HOW TO DELETE ALL DATA IN MEMORY ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE What is blood pressure? Blood pressure changes at all times. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON BLOOD PRESSURE QQQWhy is the blood pressure measured at home different from that Caution A QQQWhat is the benefit of measuring blood A ERROR INDICATIONS DISPLAY MARK CONDITION/CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION SPECIFICATIONS Page BEFORE ASKING FOR REPAIR/INSPECTION Be sure to check the following before sending your blood pressure monitor for repair/inspection. Phenomenon Point to be checked How to repair