Watching your blood pressure?
Time to throw away your notebooks, we recently launched a new free website feature to log your blood pressure! You can now use Fitbit.com to log your systolic (maximum) and diastolic (minimum) pressure on a daily basis and we’ll graph this data for you. Tracking your BP is especially important if you have high blood pressure or have been diagnosed with hypertension, and is a principal vital sign (along with body temperature, respiratory rate and pulse).
Being able to easily view daily results can not only indicate how well blood pressure medication is working, but is also a good way for you to take part in actively managing your health. Combine BP logging with the Fitbit journal feature to keep notes on medication changes.
Looking for further motivation to keep your blood pressure under control? Check out the 120/80 Blood Pressure or less without Drugs group.
Nice addition to the fitbit. Is it possible to print out the readings over a set period. My MD wants a to see it. Thanks
Helpful stuff. Blood pressure and hypertension have been interests of mine for a long time, and I think that a solid, holistic approach is overall the most promising. You have to eat healthy, exercise, and regularly watch your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and then things should be not too hard. We have lots of info on all that on our site, everyone interested is welcome to take a look.
Even cooler would be to have some of this data be pushed into a PHR like Google Health. Can Fitbit do that?
I agree, being able to e-mail or print a record of readings would be useful for your doctor. I’m currently using one of the Apps for the iPad, which easily facilitates this feature and gives you a range of options for charting.
I use fitbit love it but use a spiral bound blood pressure log good for a year, I got it off amazon to record my BP it is easier to show my doctor. That way I can prove to him I am just nervous why I see the white coat and normally I have a great blood pressure.