Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Nov 25 2008
White coat syndrome no stranger to me
The article on the 24-hour monitoring of high blood pressure spoke to me. My white coat syndrome is so severe that I have to warn health care professionals who are new to me that my readings will go off the scale. They tend to do double-takes when they see that lower number go well into 3 digits. They offer to wait a few minutes and take it again, but the longer I'm in the exam room, the worse my pressure tends to be. The best thing they can do for someone like me is to let me out of there as soon as possible.
posted at: 08:08 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
The article on the 24-hour monitoring of high blood pressure spoke to me. My white coat syndrome is so severe that I have to warn health care professionals who are new to me that my readings will go off the scale. They tend to do double-takes when they see that lower number go well into 3 digits. They offer to wait a few minutes and take it again, but the longer I'm in the exam room, the worse my pressure tends to be. The best thing they can do for someone like me is to let me out of there as soon as possible.
posted at: 08:08 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
