But isn’t it very common to account for the white coat syndrome?
I was recently diagnosed with HBP and the process went like this:
- doctor took the measurement, was very high
- asked me to measure at home, call if it was still high (it was, but much lower)
- invited me over, I got a blood pressure monitor for 24h. That showed a borderline 130/85) higher BP. For comparison, he was reading 160/100 at his office..
This is just to illustrate that doctors should know about the white coat syndrome and shouldn’t diagnose you based on readings in their office only.
Competent and caring doctors know about it and mind it, yes. Finding those that do have free patient slots is quite a quest, though. Especially outside large urban centers.
You will always find a great cardiologist or dentist in Prague. Ostrava is already much more challenging and Bruntál means playing it on hard mode :)
I was recently diagnosed with HBP and the process went like this: - doctor took the measurement, was very high
- asked me to measure at home, call if it was still high (it was, but much lower)
- invited me over, I got a blood pressure monitor for 24h. That showed a borderline 130/85) higher BP. For comparison, he was reading 160/100 at his office..
This is just to illustrate that doctors should know about the white coat syndrome and shouldn’t diagnose you based on readings in their office only.