Diabetes, History Of Other Medical Conditions; Arrhythmias, Heart Rhythm Disorders, Cardiac Pacemakers - Hartmann TENSOVAL Duo Control Mode D'emploi

you should carry out self-measure-
ment of blood pressure.
8.3 Diabetes, history of other
medical conditions
If you have diabetes, hepatic disor-
ders or narrowed blood vessels
(e.g. arteriosclerosis, peripheral
arterial occlusive diseases (PAOD)),
you should consult your doctor
before carrying out self-measure-
ment because altered measured
values may occur in such cases. If
you suffer from certain blood dis-
eases (e.g. haemophilia), severely
impaired blood flow or if you take
blood-thinning drugs, you should
also ask your doctor before carrying
out self-measurement.
8.4 Arrhythmias, heart rhythm
disorders, 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 measure
correctly in the case of various
types of heart rhythm disorders and
thus produces correct readings.
An irregular heartbeat is
when the heart rhythm
deviates by more than 25 % from
the average heart rhythm.
If this symbol
it can by a sign of heart rhythm dis-
orders. In this case, consult your
doctor. Severe heart rhythm disor-
ders may produce false measure-
ments or impair the measuring
accuracy. Please discuss with your
doctor whether self-measurement
of blood pressure is suitable for
you. Altered measured values may
occur in the case of self-measure-
ment performed by cardiac pace-
maker wearers. The blood pressure
monitor itself has no impact on the
cardiac pacemaker. Please note that
the displayed pulse rate is not
suitable for checking the rate of
cardiac pacemakers. Please check
with your doctor whether self-
measurement of blood pressure is
advisable if you are wearing a car-
diac pacemaker.
The contraction of the heart
muscle is stimulated by
electrical signals. A disturbance in
these electrical signals is called
arrhythmia. This can be caused by
genetic disposition, stress, age, lack
of sleep, exhaustion, et cetera. A
doctor can establish whether an
irregular heartbeat is the result of
arrhythmia.
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