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Re:Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Stu... by serial_dev on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:24PM (#37473166)
People mentioned the white coat syndrome, but that's not the only issue.

I am not nervous when they measure my blood pressure, but I might have been late to my doctors appointment, so of my 25 min walk to the doctor, I was running half of it. I had non-optimal blood pressure values at the doctor, because I was running not to miss the appointment, and as I arrived, I had to immediately go get my BP checked.

After the incident, I religiously measured my BP at home various times a day for a week and my numbers looked okay.

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Re:Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Stu... by BaculumMeumEst on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:38PM (#37473352)
I was late to an optometrist appointment a few weeks back. Sprinted up six flights of stairs and into the office. The literal second I got in they called my name and immediately measured BP. The tech looked like they were going to shit themselves.
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