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Blood pressure

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Your blood pressure reading

Find out what your blood pressure reading means with this simple tool. High blood pressure can raise your risk of developing serious conditions like heart disease and dementia.

Embed this tool on your site

Please paste this code into your site and the tool should appear. Please do not alter the embed code as it may affect its performance. By using this code you agree to our terms and conditions.

<iframe id="bp-frame" data-source="example" seamless="seamless" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" width="100%" style=“margin-bottom:12px;”></iframe>
		
		<script>
			if (!window.jQuery) { document.write('<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js"><\/script>'); }
		</script>	
		<script type="text/javascript">
		$(window).load(function(){
			setsource($('#bp-frame').attr('data-source'));
		});
		function setsource(syn)
		{
			if($('#bp-frame').attr('src') != '')
			{
				var frameUrl = 'http://nhs.uk/tools/documents/bloodpressure/index.html';
				if(syn != '' && syn != undefined)
				{
					frameUrl += '?syn=' + syn;
				}
				var location = window.location.href;
				location = location.replace('http://','').replace('https://','');
				if(location.indexOf('nhs.uk') == -1)
				{
					var querySym = frameUrl.indexOf('?') == -1 ? '?' : '&'
					frameUrl += querySym + 'location=' + location;
				}
				$('#bp-frame').attr('src',frameUrl);
			}
		}
		function handleMessage(e) {
		var messageObject = e.data.split(":");
		var action = messageObject[0];
		var height = messageObject[1];
		if (action == 'RESIZE') {
			var iFrame = document.getElementById('bp-frame');
			iFrame.style.height = height + "px";
			}
		if(action == 'SLICKRESIZE')
		{
			var targetHeight = height;
			$('#bp-frame').animate({height:targetHeight},1000);	
		}
		}
		if(window.addEventListener)
		{
			window.addEventListener("message", handleMessage, false);
		}
		else if(window.attachEvent)
		{
			window.attachEvent("onmessage",handleMessage);
		}
	</script>

Media last reviewed: 02/03/2024

Next review due: 02/03/2024