| White coat syndrome is a condition that occurs when | | | | doctor can look at the average measurement of the |
| patient has high blood pressure. This is a very serious | | | | daytime reading and this will show if you don't have |
| problem because patients have occasional episode | | | | any problem on hypertension. |
| where the hypertension is high when taken at home | | | | White Coat syndrome patients may also be asked to |
| and the mechanism appears to occur at the | | | | use a semi-automatic or automatic BP machine to be |
| sub-consciousness level. Going to a doctor makes the | | | | used at home and take a sequence of reading. |
| patient stressful and BP increases. | | | | Usually, doctors lend machines for monitoring BP for |
| White Coat syndrome causes the BP of a person to | | | | certain period of time until an average blood pressure |
| rise up during day time and drop down at night time, | | | | is computed. After monitoring the BP, doctors and |
| every time they get excited or feel some pain or | | | | nurses examine and work out for an average result. |
| every time they do exercises or even when they | | | | Having this syndrome, doctors believe that you are |
| get angry. Hypertension worsens which is normal for | | | | at less risk of having a heart disease or stroke than |
| those who have this syndrome. This disease is | | | | people who constantly have high BP but it is also |
| caused by anxiety. | | | | important to make sure that you always have a |
| Feeling unwell is one the symptoms of White Coat | | | | blood pressure checker to regularly check your blood |
| syndrome. The only way to know if you are positive | | | | pressure to avoid hypertension. |
| of this syndrome is to check and measure your blood | | | | It is important for you to find out if you have white |
| pressure outside your physician's clinic. This could be | | | | coat syndrome or whether you are having symptom |
| checked in two ways; taking readings at home and | | | | of this disease so your doctor can immediately |
| by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement also | | | | determine if you have to be treated or not. If you |
| called as 24 hour monitoring. | | | | think that you are starting to see symptoms, consult |
| Some patients are asked by their doctor to take BP | | | | your doctor as soon as possible to make sure that |
| monitoring through a small monitor that regularly and | | | | you are in good health. |
| routinely reads over day and night. This way, the | | | | |