nun
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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- Feb 17, 2006
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Perhaps it is white-coat hypertension - very common.
Or perhaps you were incensed that your doctor didn't pay enough tax.
Yes it was white coat syndrome. I was disappointed that my doctor immediately put me on hyertension meds for a one time BP measurement. I went out and bough a wrist BP cuff and when I came back a week later to tell him my BP was usually normal and I wasn't talking the meds I calibrated it against his office meter. Sure enough both devices had my BP at 150/90
to within 5mmHg