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What causes pressure behind the eyes?
high blood pressue, glacouma
How long after a mastectomy can the affected side have blood pressue ivs and blood draws be done?
5 years post op
How does a person know if their blood pressue is high?
Get it checked by someone with a blood pressure cuff. The home cuffs and the automatic machines in the drug store are sometimes unreliable.
What are the 2 numbers in blood pressue called?
Systolic pressure . . . peak when the heart contractsDiastolic pressure . . . minimum when the heart is relaxed
Is Viagra safe to take with heart medicine or blood pressue medicine?
Viagra is NOT SAFE to take with any blood pressure meds or beta-blockers, as this will cause an unsafe drop in your blood pressure. It should also not be taken if you take nitrates for chest pain. As for other heart medications, I do not know about all of them, so make sure to talk to your doctor.
What condition could happen if you draw blood from a mastectomy patient?
if you draw blood from the arm from the surgical side, they could get swelling of the arm from poor circulation, called lymphedema. so they cannot have any blood draws, iv's, injections or blood pressue taken on that arm at all.
Does high altitude affect overall blood gases?
Increase of altitude does affect blood pressure, but not by much. And your body will adapt over time. For example, people at higher altitudes produce more red blood cells to carry oxygen. If you have cronic hypertention or you are on meds for high blood pressue you should probably talk to your doctor before going to an altitude of over 4000 feet.
How are force and pressue related?
Pressure is defined as the force per area.
What is the medical term meaning systolic?
Systolic Pressure (the other is Diastolic) is the squeezing of the ventricles as they push blood out of the heart and along the arteries to either the body or the lungs.Diastolic Pressure is when the heart is at its most relaxed after the Systolic squeezing.ie a Blood Pressure reading of 120/80mm Hg (which is the ideal) is 120mm HG Systolic Pressure - when there is the most force pushing the blood - over 80mm HG - when there is the least force behind the blood flow.systolic reading denotes the force of contraction of heart and diastolic reading represents relaxation of heart
What builds up as plates move against each other?
geothermal pressue
Why does stomata close?
Due to loss in the turgor pressue of their gaurd cells in the absence of light
How much pressue is a 5 soccer ball supposed to have?
what is the regulation of a soccer ball pressure
