High blood pressure, called hypertensión, affects many people in the world, becoming more and more frequent, even among young people, which causes a certain concern for public health.

For those who suffer from hypertension, it medical monitoring It is essential, and can improve with the use of technology, through applications for mobile phones.

The applications that control blood pressure provide the possibility of including daily data, carrying out analysis.

Today we are going to talk more about hypertension and bring you a great app for control your blood pressure. Compruébalo.

Hypertension is a disease that affects and kills some 10 million people Each year is characterized by an increase in internal pressure in the arteries.

The increase in blood pressure can lead to consequences such as cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarction, renal failure and heart failure, causing an arterial aneurysm.

Amongst the most common symptoms of hypertension are:

• Pain in the back of the head;
• Headache
• dizziness
• Weakness
• Blurred vision
• Nose bleed
• Chest pain

Even people who do not have these symptoms can develop or suffer from hypertension, increasing the possibility in people who have cases in the family or who have a related illness.

According to Brazilian Society of Cardiology, around 30% of the population in Brazil suffers from asymptomatic hypertension, which is why it is important to have follow-up

Application to control blood pressure

As has been said, it is important to always have blood pressure control, medical monitoring is essential, and you can have greater daily control through apps.

A blood pressure app can store daily blood pressure measurement data, providing a complete analysis, which can be very useful for the doctor, both to follow the evolution of a treatment and for him diagnosis and prognosis of hypertension.

SmartBP blood pressure

The SmartBP application is one of the best valued blood pressure applications in all application stores.

Records all daily measurements carried out by the user, and also performs a complete analysis of the collected data.

The app allows analyze and follow up of recorded data, in addition to allowing you to connect with the Apple Watch, and share information with your doctor and your family members.

With it, the user can take a more active role in it. maintaining your health, allowing you to monitor all your progress.

The application can be used to:

• Records, shares and controls blood pressure, however, when mid-pressure, it only records data for analysis and follow-up;
• Records the user's systolic and diastolic pressure, pulse and weight;
• Calculates Body Mass Index (BMI), Pulse Pressure (PP) and Median Arterial Pressure (PAM), automatically;
• Allows you to add observations to records, such as the measurement period, in addition to allowing the creation of labels;
• It has a connection with Apple HealthKit, allowing it to collect all information in a safer, faster and more accurate way;
• Allows you to share all the information stored in the application with the doctor, via email, text message or Apple HealthKit
• Provides a complete analysis of the evolution of the treatment, showing graphs and statistics, with the average and the variability within a determined period
• Allows ECG recordings;
• Allows you to save everything in PDF;
• Among others.

The SmartBP Blood Pressure application can be downloaded on Android e iOS.