# DoesVisiting The Doctor Raise Your Blood Pressure?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesvisiting-the-doctor-raise-your-blood-pressure/273613>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesvisiting-the-doctor-raise-your-blood-pressure/273613 "2004-11-08T08:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesvisiting-the-doctor-raise-your-blood-pressure/273613/21 "2004-11-09T00:42:13Z")

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Try having the nurse check it. I was in for my yearly just this morning, and after she brought me to the exam room to await the Doc, I asked her to take it. Came in at a great 117 over 73. The Doc takes it ten minutes later…120 over 87. When I take it at home, my numbers come closer to what the nurse got than what the Doc got. So. yes, white coat thing.

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**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesvisiting-the-doctor-raise-your-blood-pressure/273613/22 "2004-11-09T00:58:04Z")

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I’m 19 and I have completely normal vital signs, as long as there isn’t a doctorin sight. Doctors, however, do terrible things to them. Like a blood pressure of 180 over 120. However, when I donate blood, I’m at 100 or 90 over 70. I hate doctors (which everyone finds amusing, as my uncle and grandfather are doctors.)

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