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Docs check one third of patients for blood pressure

Posted By Gavin (Manganui, Northland, New Zealand) on 09/21/2011

It might be worth mentioning that a third of all patients that have their BP checked by a doctor.. suffer from what is being called "White coat Hypertension".. This is a nervous reaction when confronted by the Doc. who is about to do things to you. Alarmingly a lot of people are being put on BP. medication who shouldn't have. Also the high Blood pressure point was moved a few years back. It was always 80/120 for a 21 year old.. Then add a point for every year over 21 to the 120 reading. The first figure is the pressure of the heartbeat in milimeters of mercury.. And the second reading is the same in milimeters of mercury as this is the pressure maintained by the Aorta.. If this gets too high it means the blood is encountering resistance as it tries to move around the body. This might require exercise to keep the blood vessels open or something to clean them out out.

Replied by Liz (Boston, Massachusetts) on 09/23/2011

Re: White Coat Hypertension

It is for this reason that I always ask that my BP be taken again when the examination is over, right before I am about to leave. The reading is always significantly lower the second time.

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