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La pressione è alta, quindi la misuro regolarmente.

La pressione è alta, quindi la misuro regolarmente.
My blood pressure is high, so I measure it regularly.
From Lesson 214:Reported commands (di + infinito)·Italian

Questions & Answers about La pressione è alta, quindi la misuro regolarmente.

Why doesn't the sentence say La mia pressione for "My blood pressure"?
In Italian, you usually drop possessive adjectives (like mia) when talking about body parts, clothing, or personal health if it is already obvious who you are talking about. Since the speaker is the one taking the measurement, it is clearly their own blood pressure.
What is the la doing in la misuro?
It is a direct object pronoun meaning "it", referring back to la pressione (which is feminine singular). Remember that in Italian, object pronouns go immediately before the conjugated verb, which is why we say la misuro instead of misuro la.
This lesson is about indirect speech. How would I say "The doctor told me to measure it regularly"?
To report a command in indirect speech, you use di plus the infinitive of the verb. "The doctor told me to measure it" becomes Il medico mi ha detto di misurarla. Notice that the object pronoun la attaches directly to the end of the infinitive misurare (which drops its final e to become misurarla).
Could I use allora or perciò instead of quindi in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely. Quindi, allora, and perciò can all be used here to mean "so" or "therefore". They are interchangeable when connecting a cause (high blood pressure) to its logical result (measuring it).

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