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A member asked:
How can i resolve white coat syndrome? whenever i'm near dr or med fac. i'm afraid bp will be high. usually right. it's always same questions too.
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Wear white coat: If you wear white coat at home it will solve it. Take 0.25 of Xanax (alprazolam) before appointment......get your underlying/buried stress treated.
Answered 6/19/2015
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Talk to your Doc: Let your doctor know how you feel and they can check your blood pressure at different times of the visit. If that doesn't work they can have you check it at home or at the store outside of the office. Good luck
Answered 6/19/2015
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Or it COULD be...: Hi. Say I'm playing devil's advocate if you want, but you just may have real high blood pressure! Keep your mind open to the possibility you need blood pressure medicine. Good luck!
Answered 6/19/2015
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When i take my first reading of bp i get 150/70 then after 1mn 140/68 then after 1mn 133/79 the after 1mn 135/70 so is this considered as white coat syndrome or just monitor error?
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How does a Dr. know whether a patient really has hypertension or if it's white coat syndrome if patient doesn't monitor BP at home?
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What is the deal with white coat syndrome? Like my bp is usually normal ranging from 118s and 80 and less for my diastolic. But when I go in to the doc it spikes to like 134 and my diastolic can go up to like 88. Is it anxiety related? Is there a cur
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I'm a med student, is it ok/appropriate to wear a flag/sep11 pin on my white coat? Or are politically associated pins not ok for white coats?
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My BP seems to be very sensitive to stress and anxiety but normalizes when relaxed. Can spike due to white coat syndrome. What if anything can done?
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