What you need to know before taking your pulse
Pulse has three important characteristics of Pulse Measurement. When taking measurements, it is important to monitor each of them.
- Heart rate (HR). This indicator tells you how fast your heart beats to pump the amount of blood your body needs.
- Rhythm. It is also the regularity of blows. The pulse is rhythmic if the heart beats follow each other at regular intervals.
- Voltage. The pulse may feel weak and barely noticeable. Or literally knock through the wall of the artery on which the measurement is being taken. A strong, tense pulse indicates high blood pressure. Weak - about reduced.
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