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How Is It Possible To Go From Being A High Blood Pressure Victim From "white Coat Syndrome" ?
Posted on
Fri, 18 Sep 2020
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Question : How is it possible to go from being a high blood pressure victim from "white coat syndrome" all your life, and suddenly go from avg,. 140-160 to 119- 117? Puzzling.
Brief Answer:
There could be many reasons
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
First, I would want to clarify when you had an average systolic blood pressure of 140-160. Was it only when you were at a medical clinic, thus it was higher due to "white coat syndrome"? Or was this the average at home as well? As for the lower blood pressure, was that only once, or has that been the average for some time? For how long?
As for reasons that your blood pressure might go down like this, there could be many reasons, including weight loss, more physical activity (in better shape), or decreased salt in your diet. It could also be due to a different blood pressure machine that is not measuring the blood pressure accurately. There are also infections and some illnesses that can lower blood pressure, but that would normally be obvious from other symptoms.
Otherwise, I agree it would be puzzling without any of those changes, though, without any other symptoms, likely nothing to be concerned about. I hope that helps, if you can provide further information, we could discuss this further if you'd like.
There could be many reasons
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
First, I would want to clarify when you had an average systolic blood pressure of 140-160. Was it only when you were at a medical clinic, thus it was higher due to "white coat syndrome"? Or was this the average at home as well? As for the lower blood pressure, was that only once, or has that been the average for some time? For how long?
As for reasons that your blood pressure might go down like this, there could be many reasons, including weight loss, more physical activity (in better shape), or decreased salt in your diet. It could also be due to a different blood pressure machine that is not measuring the blood pressure accurately. There are also infections and some illnesses that can lower blood pressure, but that would normally be obvious from other symptoms.
Otherwise, I agree it would be puzzling without any of those changes, though, without any other symptoms, likely nothing to be concerned about. I hope that helps, if you can provide further information, we could discuss this further if you'd like.
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