What Is White Coat Hypertension?

23 Oct What Is White Coat Hypertension?

White coat hypertension is a syndrome wherein blood pressures rise in a clinical setting. A normal blood pressure reading is 120/80 mm Hg, which rises when the individual is in his doctor’s clinic. Having its name derived from the white coat that doctor’s wear while treating patients, this syndrome if not treated can have serious complications.

White coat hypertension is different from hypertension in the sense that hypertension occurs in other areas except for the doctor’s clinic. Here are some of the factors that cause hypertension:

–           Excessive work pressure

–           Case of emergency

–           Not taking medicines on time

–           Consuming foods having a high sodium content

–           Intake of excessive caffeine

Hypertension is an extension of anxiety, leading to strokes, heart attacks, and other cardiovascular diseases. Strange and unusual as it is, white coat hypertension can be treated, without any expensive procedures. If you are suffering from this syndrome, you can follow these steps:

1. Use an ambulatory blood pressure monitor

This has proved to be one of the best ways to measure a person’s blood pressure without having to consider a visit to the doctor’s clinic. The doctors in this case usually recommend their patients to wear an ambulatory blood pressure monitor for at least 24 hours to keep a track of their blood pressure levels. Wearing that device will actually help you get an accurate reading.

2. Ease up a bit

If you think that the white walls and the doctor’s coat are scaring you, causing your blood pressure to rise, ask the nurse and the doctor to wait before they measure your blood pressure. Take a couple of deep breaths and calm down. Not only the clinic, but you need to carry out breathing exercises at home to control your blood pressure naturally. Yoga and meditation, if practiced religiously can do wonders.

3. Move around

Ask the doctor whether the reading can be taken in some place quieter and not filled with machines and nurses. Your movement to a better place will help you get a better reading. Also, try to change the boring monotonous topic of anxiety and ask the doctor to talk about something more interesting and full of life.

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular diseases and white coat hypertension is a tiny part of it, which needs to be cured. In addition to breathing, adopt some lifestyle changes that will help you reduce your anxiety levels to a huge extent. And that can happen when you gather meaningful insights after consulting a hypertension specialist in Delhi. If you belong to the NCR region, consult a hypertension specialist in Noida and make your anxiety disappear.

Thank you for reading this.

Dr. Sandeep Gupta

Director, Welltopia

www.welltopia.in