“Big fat DUH. Where are people’s blood pressure taken? At a doctor’s office or hospital. With all the COVID FEAR PORN GOING ON, is it any mystery why blood pressures are so high at doctor’s office.”
My wife and many other people suffer from White Coat Syndrome, where/when someone, an RN, aide or a doctor with a white coat on sends BP’s up and out of control by simply doing a BP check. Usually by the 3rd BP check (at the same time/place) she usually becomes normal after the BP second test.
That happened yesterday as a vascular Doctor did a BP test to be a final test before a hip replacement.
My wife’s readings, 1 done by a RN and then one by the doctor were really high. Her 3rd reading by the doctor was 105 over 65, which is her normal reading around our home.
I read that to get a correct reading, the patient needs to be sitting for at least five minutes. Doctors/nurses usually don’t do that.