White Coat Hypertension : Is it Important?
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White coat
Hypertension
WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION
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What you should Know about it …
WHAT IS White coat hypertension?
White coat hypertension, more commonly known as white coat syndrome, is a phenomenon in which patients exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range, in a clinical setting, though they don’t exhibit it in other settings.
It is believed that the phenomenon is due to anxiety experienced during a clinic visit.
High salt intake raises the blood pressure
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HOW TO DIAGNOSE WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patient self-measurement using a home blood pressure monitoring device is a better way used to differentiate those with white coat hypertension or those with chronic hypertension.
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Which method of blood pressure monitoring is a better predictor of Target Organ Damage ?
Ambulatory monitoring has been found to be the more practical and reliable method in detecting patients with white coat hypertension and for the prediction of target organ damage.
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WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION ON PATIENT ?
In general, individuals with white coat hypertension have lower morbidity than patients with sustained hypertension, but higher morbidity than the clinically normotensive.
Definition of morbidity – the condition of being diseased.
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Other Factors For High Blood Pressure
Obesity
Depression
Caffeine
Vitamin D deficiency
WHAT IS MASKED HYPERTENSION ?
The term “masked hypertension” can be used to describe the contrasting phenomenon, where a patient’s blood pressure is above the normal range during daily living, although it isn’t above the normal range when the patient is in a clinic setting.