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Could having an anxiety or panic attack prior to going to the doctor/having your blood pressure checked cause your blood pressure to elevate even hours later?
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Anxiety response: It is a common phenomenon that one's blood pressure may rise significantly prior to, during, and remain elevated for a period of time after a visit to the primary care physician or other doctor visits. The likely cause is anticipatory anxiety: the messages we may give ourselves plus or minus re what we may share &/or learn from the pcp.
Answered 5/12/2016
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