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If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure at the doctor’s office then you should be concerned but don’t jump to the conclusion that you have life threatening hypertension. Having a high blood pressure reading on one occasion does not mean you suffer from high levels all the time.

Having extraordinarily high blood pressure readings at a doctor’s office is quite common. So common they even have a name for it – “White Coat Syndrome”. Simply being in the doctor’s office can raise our blood pressure above our normal range.

The funny thing is that White Coat Syndrome can affect you even if you don’t consciously feel tense at the doctor’s. I always felt calm at the doctor’s but blood pressure readings would routinely be some 20 points higher there than at home.

The only way to get a true picture of your blood pressure condition is to get your own monitor and take readings from time to time. There are a number of benefits of getting your own monitor.

First, you’ll get to know what your blood pressure is outside of the doctor’s office. That’s the blood pressure that counts. If it’s still way to high you need to start treating it.

Secondly, having your own blood pressure monitor allows you to tell what is working for you to bring your blood pressure down. It allows you to experiment, choose the best methods, and stick with it till your blood pressure is where you want it.

Perhaps most importantly, having your own blood pressure puts you back in the driver’s seat. This is where you want to be if your are serious about getting your blood pressure down and restore your health.

I purchased a blood pressure monitor online from Lloyds Pharmacy last winter for just under £15. Of course I could have spent a lot more but the BP II seemed the best price for a decent battery-operated monitor with arm cuff. It reads systolic, diastolic, and pulse rate. It has worked properly without complaint. It includes a memory so you can check back on the previous 60 readings. I’ve yet to change the 4 AA batteries.

I ordered online and it was delivered to my door the next day. Here’s a link to Lloyds:

LloydsPharmacy
or Boots if you prefer.

For a wider selection check out:

amazon.co.uk/blood-pressure-monitors for the UK, or
amazon.com/blood-pressure-monitors for the US

Getting your own blood pressure is a vital first step getting a handle on your blood pressure and herding it in to the safely coral.

(Emma, who works in a pharmacy and seems to be ‘in the know’, says “don’t buy a wrist monitor – they’re not that accurate”)

From: http://hypertension-symptoms.forextracer.org.uk

There are far too many individuals in The United States who suffer with hypertension and are totally unsuspecting regarding this matter. Hypertension is recognized the silent killer as there are no early warning signs for high blood pressure that other medical issues may indicate. After the high blood pressure has progressed there will be symptoms but sometimes these are signs of other conditions caused by high blood pressure in the first place. By obtaining frequent check-ups, high blood pressure can be named before it has progressed to the point of creating other conditions. The incorrect idea that headaches, giddiness, tinnitus, benign skin tumors and confusedness are symptoms of hypertension, is believed by numerous people. In fact, these symptoms can be from unidentified high blood pressure and are complications stemming from having it for an indeterminate amount of time.

Often the initial hint an individual is aware of, is when they have high blood pressure which is linked to an issue that has been stimulated by hypertension. Doctors say the basic symptom of hypertension is if your blood pressure is repeatedly 140/90 or higher, which is a signal that the heart is working more to compensate for the pressure within your arterial blood vessels so by determining your blood pressure on a continued basis you will know when it remains at 140/90 or greater. A headache is often believed to be linked to high blood pressure but this kind of head ache will likely be in the morning and usually they are in the back of the head, rather than the forehead.

As secondary high blood pressure is caused by other circumstances the indications will be current especially in disorders of the adrenal gland and kidney complaints. Some drugs which are taken for other disorders can cause hypertension so indications will be seen here also. A stroke can also be stimulated by hypertension, in which situation the characteristics will be very noticeable and should not be dismissed. A few of these indications take in abrupt numbness and helplessness in the face, arm or leg, which is specially true if it is only along one side of the body. If your visual sense grows fuzzy, or there is a loss of sight in one or both eyes, this is a signs of stroke caused by high blood pressure. More symptoms include giddiness, headache accompanied by nausea or vomiting, loss of balance and being abruptly disorganized as to your surrounds.

Particular weight reduction medications contain components that will induce the blood pressure to go to life-threatening levels which is why a lot have been removed from the market owing to this very reason. The signs induced by acquiring these medications were manifestations of a heart attack, which included chest pain, shortness of breath and the inability to function. The best method to know if your blood pressure is elevated is to check it on a regular basis, as this may be a life saver if you have early hypertension that has exhibited no manifestations.

Simon Foster

I agree that the only way to know if you are suffering from high blood pressure is to have it monitored.

Symptoms such as headaches, giddiness, accompanied by nausea or vomiting can be any number of things including food poisoning or migraine (or any number of other things).

Perhaps more difficult is determining what counts as high blood pressure.

It used to be systolic 100 plus your age. That has been reduced to 120 for everyone – resulting in a massive increase in sales of medications to lower blood pressure.

Is the “one size fits all” a sound measurement? – or a simply a victory of the pharmaceutical industry?

From: www.quickestwaytoloseweight.org/controlling-your-high-blood-pressure-by-monitoring-your-pulse-rates/

There are many ways to get the blood pressure nowadays. There are the coin-operated machines in stores, battery-operated gadgets or the conventional type known as sphygmomanometer.

To get the blood pressure using the sphygmomanometer, wrap the cuff or band around the arm to stop the flow of blood. Place a stethoscope to an artery below the band then slowly release the band. When the blood begins to flow, the systolic pressure or high number comes through. The beats will stop to pave the way for the diastolic pressure or low number and the sound becomes steady.

To operate, the band is pumped then pressure is released from a mercury sensing device. This is commonly seen in most doctor’s office. In like manner, there are already new electronic devices that can sense sensitive and objective sounds, hence, the stethoscope is no longer needed.

It is important to take blood pressure and pulse rates daily by yourself, by others or by a doctor. In some cases, some patient’s tend to be on edge when a doctor takes his blood pressure, causing an artificial rise in pressure.This is termed as white-coat hypertension.

Controlling your high blood pressure by monitoring your pulse rates in a diary will help monitor the wear and tear the body is receiving. As such, proper control in weight and intakes of sugar and cholesterol rich foods should be avoided.

Response:

It’s a good idea to be able to monitor your own blood
pressure. Measurements in at the doctor’s office are often artificial due to “white-coat syndrome”.

Even though I feel perfectly calm inside my BP is 20 to 30 points higher at the doctors than when I get back in the comfort of my home.

Here in the UK we have very a very accurate digital BP monitors that memorize up to 60+ BP readings and can play them back to you. The cost is well under £15 (say $20) so it’s a worthwhile investment if you suffer from high BP like I do.

If you’re from the UK you can get a good deal on a blood pressure monitor at www.amazon.co.uk/bloodpressuremonitors