white coat hypertension

[hammodi]

hi fellow colleagues

this is interesting, it was found that discomfort and unfamiliar conditions can raise blood pressure. some people had hypertension when their blood pressures were measured in clinics by doctors but normal pressure when measured at home by automated devices. and this was called "white coat hypertension"

about 20% of people with hypertesion at clinics will have normal pressure at home. the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in those is less than patients with hypertension even at home but the risk is more than in people who will have normal pressures at clinics.

and this happens especially if the doctor was a beautiful person or a scary one lol...kidding

smiles

[yezen]

Wella very true Hammodi .. I think it is part of the general white coat syndrome .. It happened with me once in the pediatrics practical exam .. the kid kept crying everytime I wanted to examine his abdomen .. so what i did was that i took off the white coat ..and amazingly he just stopped crying ..lol..kids are smart after all ..Gosh ..I just wished that my examiner was there to see me doing that.....