The heart is a muscle that pumps oxygen filled blood to the body. In healthy adults, the heart is usually about the size of a closed fist and pumps approximately 1900 gallons of blood every day through the circulatory systems.
When your heart beats, it pumps blood round your body to give the energy and oxygen it needs. Deoxygenated blood and body waste product will also return to the heart. As the blood moves it pushes against the sides of the blood vessels. The strength of this pushing is your blood pressure. If your blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain on your arteries (and your heart).


2) What is hypertension or high Blood Pressure?

Generally a person who has a Blood Pressure reading of 140/90mmHg and above is considered to be suffering from hypertension.


3) Why there are two readings and what does it indicate?

Blood Pressure is measured by two readings because the top reading-(called the Systolic) is the reading of the pressure when the heart contracts thus when it pumps blood to the body. The bottom reading-(called Diastolic) is the reading of the pressure when the heart relaxes thus when the blood returns back to the heart.


4) What is the normal Blood Pressure reading?

Normal Blood Pressure reading ideally should be 130/80mmHg and below.


5) What is low blood pressure or hypotension then?

It is when the person’s blood pressure drops drastcily below 90/60mmHg. If a person have a constant pressure of around 90/60mmHg without feeling any symptoms like headache or vomiting, it may be that that is his or her normal Blood Pressure. 


6) What are the signs and symptoms of high blood pressure?

• Occipital headache (The occiput is the anatomical term for the posterior portion of the head.)
• Dizziness
• Palpitation
• Blurred vision
• Epitaxis (Nosebleeds)
• Haematuria (Blood in the Urine)

For most people, there may be no single cause for their high blood pressure. We do not know exactly what causes high blood pressure. We do know that your lifestyle can affect your risk of developing it. You are at risk if:

• You eat too much salt;
• You don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables;
• You are not active enough;
• You are overweight; or
• You drink too much alcohol

• Age
• Ethnic origin
• Family history (Genetics)

It includes the following:-

• Stroke
• Heart attacks
• Kidney failure
• Blindness
• Heart failure
• Organ damage

BPro is a state of the art device using applanation tonometry technology that measures Blood Pressure. This device is worn like a wrist watch and can also function like a watch. It can be used to measure Central Aortic Systolic Pressure (CASP) and also 24 hours Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor (ABPM).



11) What is ABPM?

It is an evidence-based approach to the management of hypertension by:



12) Who should use BPro?

• People who suspect they have high Blood Pressure.
• Women who wants to get pregnant or is pregnant and has a family history of preeclampsia or hypertension.
• Doctors who think the patient may have white coat syndrome- that is Blood Pressure reading that is high in the clinic, and yet returns to normal once the patient goes home.
• Hypertensive sufferers whose Blood Pressure is still high despite medication and various treatments.
•  Doctors who want to monitor the degeneration of vessels for diabetic sufferers.
• Doctors who wants to know the efficacy of anti-hypertensive medicine given to their patients
• Doctors who want to know if their patients have high Blood Pressure during the sleeping time and high Blood Pressure prior to waking, which can contribute to stroke and heart attacks, so that appropriate medicine can be given.
• People who are on the same anti-hypertensive agents for many years and want to know if the medicine works as well. 

You need ABPM if you have:

• Fluctuating Blood Pressure.
• Episodic hypertension.
• Suspected white-coat hypertension.
• Recalcitrant hypertension despite medication.
• Episodes of low Blood Pressure while taking anti-hypertensive medications.
• Hypertension during pregnancy.