Labile Hypertension?

I’m not familiar with that term, but consistently get a higher reading at doctor’s office. What I do now is ask they retake it towards the end of my visit. By then it’s always down to normal. The enter the later one on my chart.

It could be white coat syndrome. It just means when you go to the doctor, the stress of getting ready driving there and so on makes you stress and your blood pressure goes up. Just keep an eye on it and I do wish you the best

@celia16 The best advice I have seen is to take three separate measurements several minutes apart. Note that if you have serious obligations, are in pain, have a meeting looming, worries, are fidgety or irritated, or on certain meds, these can all raise your blood pressure. To get a proper baseline, you could take these three measurements early in the day, prior to tea and coffee since caffeine affects blood pressure and heart rate. Then, you can take the lowest of the three measurements as a possible indicator of a true baseline, but one should average all three measurements and take that average number as a reference point for the rest of THAT DAY. Note, also, that day-to-day averaged assessments will vary as well, often by several points in both systolic and diastolic numbers. Keeping a record of a weekly or monthly series of assessments, and averaging those, will give you a pretty accurate indication of where your true baseline, your daily operating baseline, really is.

@minnesota10 Thanks!

@celia16 Great idea. Thanks!

@beebo , I take my own blood pressure several times a month and it’s always close to 112/70. It’s also near that at the dentist office too.

@celia16 That’s great! That is about what mine is at home, but I’m on meds.