Topcom 2300 manual Disposal of the Device Environment, Blood Pressure, What is Blood PRESSURE?

TOPCOM BPM WRIST 2300

5DISPOSAL OF THE DEVICE (ENVIRONMENT)

At the end of the product lifecycle, you should not throw this product into the normal household garbage but bring the product to a collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipments. The symbol on the product, user guide and/or box indicate this.

Some of the product materials can be re-used if you bring them to a recycling point. By re-using some parts or raw materials from used products you make an important contribution to the protection of the environment.

Please contact your local authorities in case you need more information on the collection points in your area.

6BLOOD PRESSURE

6.1WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE?

Blood pressure is the pressure exerted on the artery tube while blood flows through the arteries. The pressure measured when the heart contracts and sends blood out of the heart is systolic (highest). The pressure measured when the heart dilates with blood flowing back into the heart is called diastolic (lowest) blood pressure.

6.2WHY MEASURE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE?

Among the various health problems afflicting modern people, problems associated with high blood pressure are by far the most common. High blood pressure's dangerously strong correlation with cardiovascular diseases

and high morbidity has made measuring blood pressures a necessity of identifying those at risk.

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