Medical devices

How to connect a blood pressure cuff

If you take your blood pressure with an Omron, Withings, or QardioArm cuff, we have to be straight with you: MigraineMe cannot read blood pressure readings yet. We would rather say so plainly than walk you through setup steps that end in an empty screen.

What this means in practice

Your cuff's own app (Omron Connect, Withings Health Mate, or Qardio) can store readings in Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. That still works, and it is worth keeping switched on so your readings are safely in one place for you and your doctor. But MigraineMe does not read the blood pressure category from either bridge at the moment, so those readings will not appear inside MigraineMe.

What you can do today

If you suspect blood pressure plays a part in your migraines, you can track the pattern by hand.

  1. Open MigraineMe.
  2. Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen, then Manage Items.
  3. Add a custom trigger such as High blood pressure reading. There is a guide in this help centre called Adding a custom trigger.
  4. When your cuff shows a reading that stands out, log that trigger.

MigraineMe treats a custom trigger exactly like a built-in one. If unusual readings really do line up with your migraines, the link will start to show in your Insights after a few weeks of logging.

Want to know when blood pressure support arrives?

Write to us at help@migraineme.app and tell us which cuff you use. When blood pressure reading lands in the app, the people who asked hear about it first.

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