iHealth BP5 Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor

Dear lybrate-user, You are young and should monitor all your health issues with a properly planned nutritious diet, exercise and life style. Begin Yoga and pranayama. With proper planning, at your age, BP can come under good control without medication and you can lead a normal happy life. Foods that will help: Green leafy vegs; Dahi/ curd/butter milk BEFORE food; pomegranate, beet, honey. Resist taking packaged foods of any kind and fried foods. Regards.

Any automated blood pressure monitors have a error range of 5-10 mm of Hg. But you can trust them. So go for it.

Both are equally good depending upon usage. For home usage a digital monitor is better as people find it difficult to use a manual one. Things to keep in mind while using a digital monitor is that the cuff should be properly tied. - should not take reading repeatedly on the same arm as it will give varying results as the compression has already occured once. - should ask someone to tie the cuff for you. - note deviation only of your monitor if using regularly. Don't compare reading if two monitors.

Any good brand glucometer is good for approximate idea and they are not perfect... and cannot rely for regular records.... And for blood pressure Diamond sphygmomanometer is best... the mercury based... it is ideal and accurate..

Dear lybrateuser, - To raise & keep your blood pressure stable : - have plenty of oral fluids including 2-3 litres of water per day - have a well balanced diet with more of fruits ,vegetables, whole grains & proteins - sprinkle extra salt on prepared food before consumption - monitor BP, do investigation, blood hemoglobin to rule out anemia.