twist_freeride

Hi, hope someone can help.

After university im going to BC on a working holiday visa and would like to apply for PR. The only thing worrying me is I currently have high blood pressure, which is strange as im only 24. The doctor has done blood tests and so on and says I'm perfectly healthy - just my blood pressure for some reason. My question is - if I have to go on medication to bring it down, will this affect my application for PR when I have the health exam? Thanks for any insights.

Rich.

christmasoompa

High BP shouldn't cause any issues with a PR medical - although the stress of getting to the point when you can apply for PR might just do!

And do look in to the cost of any prescription drugs you may need, obviously there isn't a set price per prescription like under the good old NHS.

HTH, good luck.

__TJ__

I agree, you will have high blood pressure soon if you don't already! But the mountain air should just about fix you up.

Souvy

Sounds to me like you have white-coat hypertension. You get stressed-out by being in front of a doctor, which will drive up your blood pressure.

Any decent doctor will know this.

I had an insurance medical a year ago. I warned the doctor that my BP would be horrific because I was nervous. He left the thingy on my arm for the whole session and took about 20 readings. It just went down and down until I got to 120/80 (ie perfectly normal).

If your other tests have been OK, I'm prepared to bet that there is SFA wrong with you. You can probably arrange through your GP to have a 24-hour BP test, if you really want to be certain.

JonboyE

Me too. If a nurse takes my BP I am on the high side of normal, but in the "nothing to worry about" range.

If a doctor takes my BP I am clinically dead.

MillieF

My husband has something of the same problem - he is an airline pilot and feels that every doc in the world is out to get him I fear! However with sensitive treatment he does seem to have managed to overcome it.

Jim Humphries

If you consistently have high blood pressure you had better take it seriously for your own good.

Souvy

Consistently high, yes.

An awful lot of people only develop high BP when the walk into a surgery. There was an article in the Telegraph last year about it. Lots of people are being prescribed BP medication when they don't need it.