Questions tagged [valsalva-maneuver]
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Do temporary IOP elevations doing activities involving Valsalva maneuver result in glaucomatous damage to the optic nerve?
Some studies examined the effect of Valsalva maneuver on intraocular pressure with most of them stating a temporary but significant increase (see studies linked 1, 2, 3, 4).
Activities that may ...
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Does playing wind instruments cause damage to the eyes overtime?
Found some studies that investigated the IOP's relation to wind instrument playing:
one two three.
I'm curious because I thought wind instrument playing (as over time it takes endurance to control ...
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Performing Valsalva maneuver with partly open airway?
The Valsalva maneuver is defined as "attempted exhalation against a closed airway" or "The effort to breathe out forcibly while the mouth and nose are firmly closed or the vocal cords pressed together"...
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What's happening with the heart when you push your rectum really hard?
I've noticed in myself, and am wondering what is going n, because when I push hard if I'm sitting on my chair - A thick Vein on my neck has a pretty big pulse, like it controls blood flow, and could ...
