CVS Pharmacy Brand Self Taking Blood Prssure Monito Model CVSBPSELF Review

When I developed high  blood pressure, my doctor advised me to get a device to check my blood pressure daily.

I chose the CVS Self Taking Blood Pressure Monitor, which consists of a manometer cuff with a permanently attached stethoscope, so that the listening device would always be positioned correctly.

I chose the old fashioned manual type of manometer, since the digital ones may have an electrical malfunction. The manometer and the stethoscope, which operate mechanically, cannot malfunction as long as they are intact.

The  instructions say to sit quietly for 5 minutes before taking your blood pressure. I put the stethoscope in my ears for that five minutes, because it is impossible to do so once a manometer is about one's arm.  After I did this once or twice, I developed an infection in my ear, even though I had cleaned the earpieces with 70% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol prior to use. (My doctor said that an item must sit in that alcohol for 6 hours in order to be sterilized.) My doctor thinks my infection may be Staph. aureus. It seems to be gone now, but if it is Staph. aureus, it will keep returning.

My doctor did not culture the ear piece, probably because he does not want to take time from his busy practice to testify in court.

My friend has a Staph. aureus infection in her leg that has been treated with many antibiotics, but keeps returning. She may have to have her leg amputated.

All blood pressure equipment I saw in the stores were made in China, a country that has an interest in seeing America decline. (As stated in the Communist Manifesto: communists must overthrow all other political/economic systems.)

Other than the obvious health hazard listed above, the cuff's indicator moved very little when the pressure was slowly released, until it got to about 140 mm, then it sped towards zero so fast that it was very difficult to hear the intravenous sounds.