Unrelated but if you want to continue practicing medicine I would discourage you from moving to Canada unless you worked and were trained in a few select countries. It is extremely hard to get relicensed as an IMG, takes many years, lots of money and no guarantees. You are also limited to mostly family medicine. It is only getting harder as the number of Canadian medical graduates has increased.
High Blood Pressure in Medical test
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Yes but you mentioned you were a physician who sometimes had white coat syndrome. I hope you have done extensive research and have realistic expectations if you are an IMG. There are so few IMGs that actually get to practice in Canada.
Helloo i need a help here iam quite confused.. my husband n two kids got cleared in medical i due to high bp got a email for second medical n to visit cardiologist n then got some tests done like echo,ecg,ett.. all went fine normal.. now after a week again for third time they r calling me on monday for another test?? Is this normal why so many tests. Is this way they reject ?!! Or they do investigat that much ?!! Iam quite confused since everything seems so normal... except high bp.. that only boosts in doctors office
Without knowing your results and the type of test they are sending you for it is hard to comment. Perhaps a stress test. /if you have high bp you should really be trying to control it with medication and weight loss/lifestyle changes, if necessary, to prevent damages to your vascular system.
i did not mentioned that i have white coat syndrome' buddy. I have done extensive research too about my medical stream and all, thanks for the concern by the way. thank you!
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if other reports are fine than you are good to go.. dont worry at all. creatinine should be considered .
this link might be helpfull
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/department/partner/pp/pdf/imei_hypertension.pdf
Sounds really good Usijan. I bet they just put you on a statin. No big deal. Also since they are generic now they are fairly well priced.
That is pretty darn high especially the top (systolic). They recommend the emergency room in the hospital if you top 150 in most cases. I would want to see a cardiologist with pressures like yours. Usually this is easily controlled by fairly inexpensive meds.
Now I think that would be a challenge for a Cardiologist. (14/87) Just kidding. For the diastolic (bottom) 87 is pretty high. You wrote 14 so if you actually meant 140 that is high too. If it goes above 150 go to a hospital.
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Hi Rubens, I have the same situation with my dad who is 72. He takes meds for blood pressure. Doctor referred him to any Physician asking for a declaration that his heart is good. He went to a cardiologist and during the treadmill test he showed a bit arrhythmia. Doctor asked him to use a device for 24h to measuring his pressure. He doesn't have any heart problem, but I'm very concerned. Any thought?