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Can the blood accumulated after stroke be cured?
First of all, I am going to stay quite “general” as I understand you are not from the field. The aim of my post is really to provide some clarifications to your question.
There are two types of ...
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Can stress increase blood pressure?
tl; dr - The answer is yes, clinically you can react to having your blood pressure (BP) taken by having an abnormally high reading.
What you are describing is called "white coat syndrome" or "white ...
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If sphygmomanometer literally cuts off the blood flow, is it gonna kill the patient if pressure is not released?
Heart attacks are caused by reduced or blocked blood flow to the heart, but a sphygmonanometer cuts off the blood flow to the arm (or leg) only. It's not possible it could cause a heart attack ...
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How does a blood transfusion directly from one person to another through a line work?
Direct blood transfusion is both dangerous for the donor and inconvenient in a modern medical setting, so this does not really happen today outside of movies/TV.
Before blood banking and ...
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Is decaffeinated coffee a diuretic?
While coffee in large amounts can stimulate urine production, it's not enough to produce a dehydration effect, especially in people accustomed to drinking caffeine.
This recent study compared 50 male ...
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Looking for studies about how blood pressure changes are perceived by our brain
This study published in 2014 provides an excellent review of the physiological mechanisms of cerebral blood flow regulation (open access):
Willie CK et al. Integrative regulation of human brain blood ...
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What is the blood pressure within the right ventricle?
Like the left ventricle, the right ventricle goes through a contractile cycle: at diastole, the pressure is near zero (and must be <0 relative to the right atrium, or it wouldn't fill with blood); ...
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Passing out after injections
Fainting due to vaccination occurs only occasionally, your immune system usually takes longer to react to viruses or bacteria (this is the incubation time of an illness). 1 hour is a very unusual ...
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Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor Accuracy?
Take both to your doctor's office the next time and compare them to the manual cuff. There are many models that can be calibrated that way.
Not all models are as accurate as others. This article ...
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How can blood pressure be high but my pulse low?
If that is the accurate pressure, you really need to go to the emergency room! 188 is high but not immediately dangerous, but 134 for a diastolic is outrageous. At very least go to an urgent care or ...
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What causes aortic aneurysm
Aneurysm - a pathologic ballooning of a segment of a blood vessel
Source: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/arm/types - Public Domain
In order for an aneurysm to occur, conditions ...
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What heart conditions cause dizziness after/during exercise?
Dizziness or giddiness during exercise is classically caused by obstruction to the outflow of the heart i.e. aortic stenosis (see MedlinePlus). This condition is most commonly seen in either young ...
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Is olive leaf extract dangerous for low blood pressure?
First, I should say that I think this question should be closed. It's clearly a request for personal medical advice, but apparently no one else shares that view, so I'll go ahead and answer.
I ...
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Blood pressure in aorta vs. blood pressure in brachial artery
The mean pressure has to be lower peripherally for blood to flow in that direction. However, it is well known that there is an amplification of systolic blood pressure in the limbs due to reflection ...
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Is it a good idea to replace Sodium Chloride (NaCl) with Potassium Chloride (KCl) for everyday consumption?
From the context of your question I would say no.
Increasing K+ intake is alright but completely eliminating Na+ from the diet would be a bad idea.
In terms of the cardiovascular diseases like high ...
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Taking Blood Pressure Bilaterally -- Why?
Because that's the way to measure blood pressure
The German guidelines for treating hypertonia are to always measure bilateral. (German Source Only)
As @DoctorWhom pointed out in the comments, ...
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Why does caffeine raise your blood pressure when it's a diuretic?
Caffeine increased plasma renin activity by 57 per cent, plasma norepinephrine by 75 per cent and plasma epinephrine by 207 per cent. Urinary normetanephrine and metanephrine were increased 52 per ...
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Why are only arms used for measuring the blood pressure?
Blood pressure is often checked in lower limbs also. BP needs to be checked in all limbs if one is suspecting obstruction in the arteries. Takayasu's arteritis and atherosclerosis are 2 conditions ...
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How soon will a person die if they are hung upside down?
This is an interesting research question from both pathophysiological and historical perspectives:
"Upside-down death - the pathophysiology of inversion." Kirsty Andrews. Pathology. 2014.
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At what point would blood loss impede the ability to achieve an erection?
Erections aren't binary, they have a gradient of turgidity; but going by your statement "completely impossible," then I will assume that for your novel you want to understand what would prevent any ...
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Are "Wrist" blood pressure monitors less accurate then Upper arm?
Yes, they are less accurate.
Mayo Clinic is generally held to be a credible source and in the link you provided they have this to say about wrist monitors:
Some wrist blood pressure monitors may ...
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Is there a term for a blood pressure level that is too high but which is typical for the patient and causes no symptoms?
There is a historical and obsolete term in English called Benign hypertension. According to the History of hypertension article in Wikipedia:
... hypertension was often classified into "...
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Standing up while deeply inhaling can cause a blood pressure fall?
There seem to be a couple different issues under discussion. I will attempt to explain the relevant physiology and respond to the query in the title.
Hiccup interruption. Most physical techniques ...
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cardiac arrest effects on blood pressure
By definition, cardiac arrest means the heart is not pumping blood; therefore, there is no blood pressure. None at all. So if you were to cut a person in cardiac arrest, they would not bleed.
If a ...
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Antihypertensive as a treatment for Tourette's. (And Antihypotensive to make blood pressure normal?)
Following paper Tourette’s Disorder. Lyon, G.J., Shprecher, D., Coffey, B. et al. Curr Treat Options Neurol (2010) 12: 274. doi:10.1007/s11940-010-0073-x provides a good (somehow recent) review on ...
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Does ideal range pulse rate and blood pressure always indicate no serious illness
Absolutely, uniquiviquly, NO you can not assume that if you have normal blood pressure and pulse range that you are otherwise healthy.
Periodic physical exams are recommend for all persons, even if ...
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Can a colloid intravascular volume expander be used in chronic orthostatic hypotension?
Albumin is expensive and potentially dangerous, colloids have never been shown to be better than crystalloids, and there is no good evidence for their effective use in orthostatic hypotension.
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Which vessel could a pumping vessel in the left middle side of forehead be?
Map of the superficial arteries (the arteries close beneath the skin), taken from ClinicalGate, which I believe they have taken from Gray's Anatomy for Students
Map of the deeper arteries, ibid
I'm ...
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Can one have high and low blood pressure at the same time?
Unusual differences between systolic and diastolic pressure may speak for an underlying condition and may be a risk factor for further complications, but can be sometimes normal, for example, in some ...
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Crystalloid infusion during anaphylactic shock
Your assumption that there is no fluid loss is wrong. In addition to the vasodilation Jan mentioned in his answer, there's significant fluid loss caused by increased permeability of the vasculature. ...
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