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Healthy Living for Elders: Keep Track of Your Blood Pressure1

Leigh Ann Martin2

Every time you take your blood pressure at home, or have it checked by a health professional write down the date and time, the blood pressure measurement, where it was taken (home, doctor's office, etc.), and any comments from you or the health professional (like medications you are taking or recently stopped taking, how you feel, and the arm where the pressure was taken).

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Talk to your doctor if you have questions about monitoring your blood pressure or hypertension. To locate a registered dietitian (RD) in your area, call The American Dietetic Association at 1-800-366-1655 (available in English and Spanish).

Footnotes

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La versión en español de este documento es Vida Saludable: Anote su presión sanguínea (FCS8601Span). This document is FCS8601, one in a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. First published: April 2000. Reviewed: August 2009. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Leigh Ann Martin, MES., former ENAFS project coordinator, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Reviewed by Linda B. Bobroff, PhD, RD, LD/N, professor, University of Florida

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