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What Is Blood Pressure?
Blood pressure is the force exerted by blood against the walls of
the arteries. Systolic pressure occurs when the heart contracts;
diastolic pressure occurs when the heart expands. Blood pressure
is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
What Affects Blood Pressure?
Blood pressure is affected by many factors: age, weight, time of
day, activity level, climate, altitude and season. Certain activities
can significantly alter one’s blood pressure. Walking can raise
systolic pressure by 12 mmHg and diastolic pressure by 5.5 mmHg.
Sleeping can decrease systolic blood pressure by as much as 10
mmHg. Taking your blood pressure repeatedly without waiting an
interval of 5 to 10 minutes between readings, or without raising
your arm to allow blood to flow back to the heart, can also affect it.
In addition to these factors, diet beverages containing caffeine or
alcohol, certain medications, emotional stress and even tight-
fitting clothes can make a difference in the readings.
What Causes Variations In Blood Pressure?
An individual’s blood pressure varies greatly from day to day and
season to season. For hypersensitive individuals, these variations
are even more pronounced. Normally, blood pressure rises during
work or play and falls to its lowest levels during sleep.
ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE
Systolic Blood
Pressure
Diastolic Blood
Pressure
200
150
100
50
0
Fluctuation within a day (case: 35 year old male)
Arising
Start
Work
Telephone
Argument
Sleep
Leave
Work
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USING THE MONITOR WITH AC ADAPTER
The UA-787 has an AC adapter jack to allow you to supply power
from an outlet in your home. We recommend you use only the
exclusive AC adapter (Model TB:181) to avoid potential damage
to the monitor. Please contact A&D Medical at 1-888-726-9966
(in Canada - 1-800-463-5414) if you would like to purchase the
AC adapter.
Connecting the AC adapter to the monitor:
1. Connect the AC adapter plug into the jack on the right side of
the monitor.
2. Gently insert the AC adapter plug into a 120V AC outlet.
Disconnecting the AC adapter from the monitor:
1. Gently remove the AC adapter from the outlet.
2. Then disconnect the plug from the jack of the monitor.
TB:181 AC Adapter Specification:
Input: AC 120V 60Hz
Output: DC 5V 500mA
Polarity: center positive
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