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Going to my doctors appointment.
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Why does my blood pressure goes up when arrive at the doctors office?
Its a phenomonen called white coat hypertension. Its like a nervous reaction to having it taken! You could go have a 24 hour ABPM test. Its non invasive, slightly cumbersome but will give proper reading for the 24 hours. They allow 1 - 2 hours at start and finish for the fear factor and the middle 20 hours is used to average the BP. So go have it. I blamed White coat for my high readings for years!!! IT was high all the time!
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The reason is because most times you become nervous and that have a great influence on your blood pressure readings. You can try as much to get a home blood pressure to keep your blood pressure in check before your visit to the clinic. this piece will be of help www.bloodpressuretrackers.com
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