self-measurement of blood pressure
with your doctor.
....where drugs for high blood pressure
act in the body
Centrally
active
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Heart
Diuretics
Saluretics
Alpha-
blockers
Vessels
10.2 Pregnancy
Blood pressure may change during
pregnancy. Regular blood pressure
monitoring is particularly important
if you have high blood pressure
because the elevated blood pres-
sure may affect the development of
the foetus. Check with your doctor
whether and, if so, when you
Brain
Beta-blockers
Kidney
ACE
(Angiotensin
converting
enzyme) inhibitors
Angiotensin
AT1 receptor
antagonists
Calcium
antagonists
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should carry out self-measurement
of blood pressure.
10.3 Diabetes, history of other
medical conditions
If you have diabetes or narrowed
blood vessels (arteriosclerosis) you
should consult your doctor before
carrying out self-measurement
because greatly deviating individual
measured values may occur in such
cases.
10.4 Arrhythmias, heart rhythm
disorders (cardiac arrhythmias),
cardiac pacemakers
Heart rhythm disorders (arrhyth-
mias) are disturbances of the nor-
mal rate or rhythm of the heart-
beat. A distinction should be made
between mild and severe heart
rhythm disorders. This can only be
determined by a special investiga-
tion carried out by a doctor.
Using Korotkoff's technology,
Tensoval duo control can detect
various types of heart rhythm disor-
ders and produce correct readings.
Severe heart rhythm disorders may
produce false measurements or
impair the measuring precision.
Please discuss with your doctor