What is white coat hypertension?

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Question
Hello doctor,
Please ask the doctor what is white coat hypertension? Thank you very much doctors!
Anonymous customer
Answer
Answered by Master, Doctor Pham Van Hung - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine, Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “What is white coat hypertension? ”, the doctor answered as follows:
Hypertension is when the systolic blood pressure is greater than 140 mmHg and/or the diastolic blood pressure is greater than 90 mmHg. White coat hypertension is a condition in which a patient's blood pressure suddenly rises when seeing a doctor, who wears a white coat. But when he returned home, the patient's blood pressure returned to normal. To determine this condition, it is necessary to measure blood pressure at least 2 times, at 2 different times, at home and in a medical facility.
For cases of white coat hypertension, doctors often do not use drugs to treat but only monitor blood pressure at home and apply non-drug treatment measures such as: restrictive diet Limit salt, sugar, exercise regularly, keep an ideal weight, avoid abuse of alcohol and stimulants: coffee, cigarettes... After monitoring, if confirmed to be true hypertension, then Your doctor will consider an appropriate antihypertensive medication.
If you still have questions about white coat hypertension, you can go to a medical facility under Vinmec Health System for early examination and treatment. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
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