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Can Nervousness Affect Pill Check Result?

I have just been for a pill check (yasmin) My Bp was 150/97 then 144/95 then went down to 140/92 after a few mins to relax. I was very nervous about having it done. They have asked me to go for a re check next week, should i be concerned about this. I am 26, and of average weight, and exercise regularly. I have had about two weeks of eating rubbish foods though so not sure if this can have made a difference plus a little stressed with a new job.
Mon, 24 Aug 2015
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Thank you for using HCM. Diagnosis of new case hypertension is not done in one appointment. Two or three concordant BP readings taken at two or three different appointments is needed. Sometimes the thought of visiting the doctor can cause stress in an individual and increase the BP, called as "white coat hypertension". Please follow up with your physician.
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Can Nervousness Affect Pill Check Result?

Thank you for using HCM. Diagnosis of new case hypertension is not done in one appointment. Two or three concordant BP readings taken at two or three different appointments is needed. Sometimes the thought of visiting the doctor can cause stress in an individual and increase the BP, called as white coat hypertension . Please follow up with your physician.