High Blood Pressure

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Diagnosis

Generally, doctors do not diagnose a patient with high blood pressure based on one set of readings, because there are many factors that can artificially raise a patient's blood pressure. A patient may have rushed to the doctor's office and may still have high adrenaline levels. Seeing a new health care provider for the first time can make a patient nervous and raise blood pressure. "White coat hypertension" is experienced by some patients whose blood pressure is higher when measured...Read the full article