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Suggest Remedy For Hypertension

I go to my obgyn and get all my blood work done every year. I take my bp at home everyday from a HOMemedics or Omron machine and it runs 106/68, 116/78 depending on the time of day. When I go to the obgyn or doctors office it goes up like 150/90 or sometimes higher and they make me then lay on my side and it goes normal. My question is do I have hypertension or white coat and also if I go to a obgyn every year and do all my bloodwork and it comes back okay , doI still have to go to my family doctor for an annual check up also? I weigh 148 and I am 5'6.
Mon, 3 Oct 2016
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white coat hypertension is still hypertension and you're more likely to have spikes of high blood pressure. My recommendation would be do request for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
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Suggest Remedy For Hypertension

white coat hypertension is still hypertension and you re more likely to have spikes of high blood pressure. My recommendation would be do request for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.