Checking blood pressure, especially at an older age, can prevent strokes, discover illnesses before they worsen, and help with everyday well-being.

But anyone who thinks that only the old people have problems with blood pressure. Younger people are capable of developing hypertension due to health problems and/or their sedentary lifestyle with an inappropriate diet.

Not to mention hypotension, which brings less risk of stroke, but can greatly interfere with day-to-day activities, and even indicate anemia.

Having control and everything written down to take to the doctor's office can help speed up treatment, medication adjustment and disease discovery. That's why today, we've brought you some apps that will help you have better control of your blood pressure. Check out:

1- Healthier Blood Pressure

With our first application, Arterial Pressure Mais Saúde, the user will be able to measure their blood pressure easily, monitoring their heart rate.

Daily blood pressure control can contribute to better health maintenance with your trusted doctor, taking the blood pressure report to him.

The app provides reminders to help people remember to check their blood pressure within a set period of time, and also provides daily and weekly activities to help stay healthy.

With the app, the user can compare their blood pressure as desired, hourly, daily or weekly.

The Arterial Pressure Mais Saúde app is available for iOS.

2- AMPA (Self-Measurement of Blood Pressure)

The AMPA application was developed by Brazilian cardiologists, aiming to help the population prevent the blood pressure control, as hypertension has been causing thousands of deaths per year.

To help the user control blood pressure, the application offers the possibility of entering pressure data at a time and sharing it with the doctor carrying out the treatment.

The app is very well regarded among cardiologists, helping in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic control of arterial hypertension.

The application assists in the following conditions:

• Before the consultation (online or in person);
• With the evaluation of the response to antihypertensive treatment;
• To increase patient adherence to treatment;
• To pay attention to values ​​above 130/85 mmHg, which, according to AMPA, must be considered altered;

The AMPA app is available for Android e iOS.

3- Blood Pressure – SmartBP

Our third and final application is Arterial Pressure – SmartBP, a blood pressure manager, where you can record, monitor, analyze and share all the information obtained and recorded by the device.

The application can be used on cell phones and Apple Watch, and can be connected to Apple HealthKit.

Through the information presented in the application, the user-patient will be able to control their health and even share all data with their doctor.

The app has progress control changes in pressure, being low or high.

Among the main features of the app are:

• Record systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse and weight;
• Quickly add observations (example: before dinner) and details (example: sitting, left arm) about your measurements using labels (tags);
• Share your blood pressure information with your doctor, healthcare professional, or family members using email, text messaging, and Apple HealthKit;
• Analyze the progress you are making through intuitive graphs and statistics (including average and variability for a period);
• Set reminders for managing your blood pressure, such as “Take blood pressure” or “Take medicine”;
• Among others.

The Blood Pressure – SmartBP application is available for the system Android e iOS.