Nervousness whenever blood pressure is measured and increased heart rate and blood pressure may be white coat hypertension. These patients can measure their blood pressure between themselves at home or do 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.
Every time a patient measures his blood pressure, he will have a nervous feeling, which will easily lead to a faster heart rate and higher blood pressure. This may be white coat hypertension, which will occur whenever the patient measures in the clinic or when the person wearing white clothes measures for him.
It is recommended that the patient or his family learn to measure blood pressure correctly, measure blood pressure at home for one to two weeks, observe whether the blood pressure is normal, monitor blood pressure at home are normal levels, only to the clinic or by the doctor to measure the blood pressure will be elevated, usually for the white coat hypertension, do not need special treatment.
Can also do a dynamic blood pressure monitoring, can objectively reflect the patient 24 hours overall blood pressure, check the average blood pressure is basically in a normal level, this situation also does not need treatment.
If the blood pressure is abnormal, you can go to the hospital to consult a professional doctor, according to the individual situation to choose the correct method of measuring blood pressure.