What tips do you have to alleviate white coat syndrome (elevated blood pressure at the doctor's office)?

I used to have a great deal of trouble with my blood pressure being accelerated during my doctors|doctor checkups and visits. Of course the staff knew that many people had this problem. Something my nurse would do if my blood pressure was high at the beginning of the visit, is take it again after my visit was over with.

Most of the time, it would be lower because I was more relaxed at the end of the visit. Perhaps this could be done for other people with the same issue. I would also suggest making appointments very early in the day.

That way you arrive at the doctors office refreshed and haven't had time to worry about the visit. If you schedule it late in the day, you will be tired and have worried about the upcoming visit all day. The anxiety would be worst then, or at least it would be for me.

However, this won't work for people with "Morning Hypertension”. I did find an article on this that says that any type of blood pressure spikes during any part of the day can be an indication of problems later on.

From what I understand White Coat Syndrome can simply be an elevated blood pressure at the doctors office or can seriously be a true problem, where your blood pressure elevates at different times even at home. First and foremost share with your doctor that you believe that you have White Coat Syndrome. Secondly, you can try to reduce your fear by deep breathing prior to visiting the doctors.

Walk slow getting to the doctors, as exercise can raise blood pressure, as well. If you simply uneasy about YOUR doctor, switch doctors to someone you are more comfortable with. Another thing that may ease anxiety is bringing someone with you to the doctors you trust (like a spouse or close friend.) Try to deal with the fear head on.

Acknowledge you have a fear of doctors offices and try to overcome the fear. Sometimes just acknowledging the fact that you are afraid of the doctors office, reduces fear in itself. flickr.com/photos/rcgb54303/3311666603.

White coat syndrome seems to be a very common problem. One of the common problems with white coat syndrome is the patient ends up being treated for high blood pressure when many times they do not in fact have hypertension. One of the things that can be done is a test called 24 hours' ambulatory BP monitoring.

This is akin to Holter monitoring. The patient is wired up with electronic BP apparatus with a recording box the size of a Walkman and asked to go home and do the daily routine. The next day the box is decoded and a series of BP readings of the previous 24 hours gets printed out.

Thus one can easily check what the readings have been while one is not in the clinic and involved in his/her daily chores. Regrettably there is no cure and you need to manage the anxiety which is at the root of the white coat syndrome.

I used to have a great deal of trouble with my blood pressure being accelerated during my doctors|doctor checkups and visits. Of course the staff knew that many people had this problem. Something my nurse would do if my blood pressure was high at the beginning of the visit, is take it again after my visit was over with.

Most of the time, it would be lower because I was more relaxed at the end of the visit. Perhaps this could be done for other people with the same issue. I would also suggest making appointments very early in the day.

That way you arrive at the doctors office refreshed and haven't had time to worry about the visit. If you schedule it late in the day, you will be tired and have worried about the upcoming visit all day. The anxiety would be worst then, or at least it would be for me.

However, this won't work for people with "Morning Hypertension”. I did find an article on this that says that any type of blood pressure spikes during any part of the day can be an indication of problems later on.

From what I understand White Coat Syndrome can simply be an elevated blood pressure at the doctors office or can seriously be a true problem, where your blood pressure elevates at different times even at home. First and foremost share with your doctor that you believe that you have White Coat Syndrome. Secondly, you can try to reduce your fear by deep breathing prior to visiting the doctors.

Walk slow getting to the doctors, as exercise can raise blood pressure, as well. If you simply uneasy about YOUR doctor, switch doctors to someone you are more comfortable with. Another thing that may ease anxiety is bringing someone with you to the doctors you trust (like a spouse or close friend.

) Try to deal with the fear head on. Acknowledge you have a fear of doctors offices and try to overcome the fear. Sometimes just acknowledging the fact that you are afraid of the doctors office, reduces fear in itself.

flickr.com/photos/rcgb54303/3311666603.

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