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Message: <blockquote data-quote="marco2002" data-source="post: 2575319" data-attributes="member: 521735"><p>Hi I get "white coat syndrome" when I go to the surgery for checkup. I've found that you need to relax 5 to 10 minutes before you have your B.P. done. I use breathing exercises and doing this can reduce your readings by a fair margin if you Google "breathing exercises" you will see what I mean. Most of the exercises are along the lines if breath in for 4 secs and then exhale for 4 secs and repeat for a couple of minutes. Is your B.P. normal at home using your own meter? I usually do a week's worth of readings and my surgery accept it as they know I have " white coat syndrome". Lol. Obviously if your readings at home are high then you might need to see your G.P.  The Wim Hof breathing exercises for beginners on you tube are very good. Hope that helps...</p></blockquote><p></p>

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