BP Monitor
Ultrasound For Blood Pressure
It is very important for people living with
high blood pressure and low blood pressure levels to undergo regular
medical tests to diagnose properly their BP condition. This is for,
health problems like high or low blood pressure never comes alone. They
come with their own types of complication that can even bring death to
the suffer, if unchecked!
So blood monitoring
on a regular basis is very much required. To avoid any complications of
the hypertension or hypotension you are required to undergo a test. That
may be ultrasound, cardiac stress test or electrocardiogram.
As
you know hypertension can also be caused by the kidney disorders, so
examination of the kidney is of paramount importance. Nothing could be a
better option than ultrasound test for the examination of the disease of
the kidneys that is liable for the development of the hypertension.
Ultrasound
test for blood pressure is almost compulsory. In ultrasound test
high-frequency sound waves are made use of to see if there is any
blockages in blood vessels and other organs of the body. With help of
ultrasound, you can know about the kidney disorder very easily and
conveniently.
Ultrasound test is performed in two ways. One is a
regular ultrasound test and the other is Duplex Doppler exam. The former
measures the size of the kidneys and the latter measures the rate of
blood flow through them.
Using high-frequency sound waves Duplex
Doppler test examines the blood flow in the major arteries and veins in
the arms and legs. The ultrasound or radiology department is chosen to
perform this test.
In Duplex Doppler exam, veins are examined by
putting a water-soluble gel on the transducer and on the skin over the
veins of the limb which is to be tested and arteries are examined by
surrounding cuffs around the thigh, calf, and ankle to examine the
legs.
During the veins examination
blood flow on a Doppler examination generates a swishing sound and thus
veins are evaluated by getting the visual image. While, during the
examination of arteries, cuffs are placed at different points all along
the hands. Thereafter a conductive paste is applied to the skin over the
arteries which are to be examined and cuff is inflated till the blood
pressure crosses the normal systolic blood pressure.
After finishing all this, transducer is placed near the cuff and
then the cuff is deflated slowly. The moment swishing sound is heard,
the measurement is recorded as the blood pressure, be it hypertension or
hypotension.
This is how ultrasound test is performed for blood
pressure testing.