24Sep 2020 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
How to Know Your True Blood Pressure In the Doctor’s Office?

How to Know Your True Blood Pressure In the Doctor’s Office?

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How to know your true blood pressure in the doctor's office? It is no secret that office blood pressure monitoring is not a reliable source to diagnose and manage blood pressure. This is true for several reasons including patient, environment, and staff issues. Role of Office Blood Pressure Yet accurate blood pressure measurement is essential for appropriate blood pressure diagnoses and treatment. Recent guidelines have determined that the role of office blood pressure monitoring should be for screening purposes only. Only Home, ambulatory, and automated blood pressure monitoring are recommended for hypertension diagnosing and treatment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-4eB2yZOZA White Coat Hypertension & True Blood Pressure White Coat Hypertension is seen in patients who don't have high blood pressure and their blood pressure is elevated in the office but normal at home. These…
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16May 2019 by Tonya Breaux-Shropshire
What Is Masked Hypertension?

What Is Masked Hypertension?

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Masked hypertension is the most dangerous type of hypertension BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT HYPERTENSION TO TREAT. The main problem with masked hypertension is the inability to diagnose it. Masked hypertension may be detected outside the health provider's office. In the office setting, masked hypertension appears as normal blood pressure. According to Dr. Joseph Schwartz at Stony Brook University in New York, 12% of adults in the United States have masked hypertension. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdAdkGDT7Ug Resistant hypertension is difficult to treat requiring at least three different types of medications to obtain blood pressure control. However, masked hypertension is commonly missed since blood pressure measurements are elevated outside the clinic. Without a home blood pressure monitor or ambulatory blood pressure monitor, masked hypertension is difficult to identify and treat. Therefore, it is…
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