White Coat Hypertension
Wikipedia gives the following definition of White Coat Hypertension:
White coat hypertension is a phenomenon in which patients exhibit elevated blood pressure in a clinical setting but not when recorded by themselves at home. It is believed that this is due to the anxiety some people experience during a clinic visit.
I got to know this phenomenon when my wife and myself went to the doctor to get my BP checked. The first time the doctor checked it came out as 140 / 87. The doctor then asked me to rest of 5 minutes. The second time the doctor checked it came as 120/84 and the third time too it came almost the same.
The medical reason for the above behavior, as the doctor explained is White Coat Hypertension (even though she was wearing a black jacket at that time, but still I knew she was a doctor).
My wife asked the doctor why her comes 120/80 the first time if there is really something like White Coat Hypertension. It is because this is individual to individual.
And as my wife had said just before we went to the doctor: It just happens that the Doctor has done his / her MBBS and is sitting there to give you proper advice. Take it or leave it.
Thats why her BP is 120/80 the first time and mine is 120/80 the second time.
White coat hypertension is a phenomenon in which patients exhibit elevated blood pressure in a clinical setting but not when recorded by themselves at home. It is believed that this is due to the anxiety some people experience during a clinic visit.
I got to know this phenomenon when my wife and myself went to the doctor to get my BP checked. The first time the doctor checked it came out as 140 / 87. The doctor then asked me to rest of 5 minutes. The second time the doctor checked it came as 120/84 and the third time too it came almost the same.
The medical reason for the above behavior, as the doctor explained is White Coat Hypertension (even though she was wearing a black jacket at that time, but still I knew she was a doctor).
My wife asked the doctor why her comes 120/80 the first time if there is really something like White Coat Hypertension. It is because this is individual to individual.
And as my wife had said just before we went to the doctor: It just happens that the Doctor has done his / her MBBS and is sitting there to give you proper advice. Take it or leave it.
Thats why her BP is 120/80 the first time and mine is 120/80 the second time.
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