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i am a 67 year old male. recently had stress test negetive. last wendsday at dr. office blood pressure went to 190 over 60 and back down. just bought good home pressure cuff. over 45 minute pressure went from 115 over 73 to 138 over 74. is that me or a new defective device
Hello, welcome to health care magic. What u experienced is called a white coat hypertension. BP rises in doctors office and then gets back to normal at home. Get an ambulatory bp monitor which will record your bp over 24 hours. Bp does normally fluctuaate between day and night or even with in minutes si thats not a cause of worry
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What Causes Fluctuation In The Blood Pressure?
Hello, welcome to health care magic. What u experienced is called a white coat hypertension. BP rises in doctors office and then gets back to normal at home. Get an ambulatory bp monitor which will record your bp over 24 hours. Bp does normally fluctuaate between day and night or even with in minutes si thats not a cause of worry