High blood pressure is a big problem today and the biggest difficulty with this serious condition is that it rarely has any symptoms. Pharma Supply Inc. sees the importance of maintaining health on a whole. Along with testing glucose levels, one must control and monitor their blood pressure. That is why we offer a full line of Advocate Blood Pressure Monitors (BPM).

We carry three, state-of-the-art blood pressure monitors to make home monitoring more accessible and easier than ever. Our monitors include: Arm BPM with 3 cuff sizes, wrist BPM and a speaking wrist BPM with Spanish/English options.

Hypertension & Diabetes: Friends For Life

Hypertension and diabetes go hand in hand. Most patients, who have one, also have the other. More importantly, together they worsen each other: Hypertension makes diabetes difficult to treat and control; Diabetes makes hypertension much more serious. Thankfully though, the control measures for both are also along similar lines: Both require healthy eating habits with balanced meals, regular monitoring and daily exercise.

Hypertension or high-blood pressure occurs when the heart has to pump blood more forcefully than normal through the arteries. This usually happens when the heart or lungs have weakened or when the arteries have thinned out due to high cholesterol. In patients with diabetes, blood vessels usually become stiff, which increase the force with which the heart has to pump. When blood sugar is not controlled well, diabetic patients end up retaining water and fluid, which increases blood pressure too.

When you are diabetic, hypertension adversely affects your body, and creates several complications, including increasing the risk of kidney or renal failure, eyesight problems, and most importantly making you susceptible to stroke or heart attack. It therefore becomes important to monitor your blood pressure along with blood glucose. Most diabetics have home blood pressure monitors along with blood glucose meters.

Monitoring diet and lifestyle changes is imperative to bring patient’s hypertension under control and also keeping blood sugar levels in check. In some situations, doctors may advise specific relaxation therapies as well as medication to prevent clotting and improving blood flow. In all cases, it is important that these methods work together with a diabetes control program in order to lead a healthy life.

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Arm Blood Pressure Monitor
Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Speaking Blood Pressure Monitor