Sentences with phrase «orthostatic hypotension in»

«We found that those people who suffered from orthostatic hypotension in middle age were 40 percent more likely to develop dementia than those who did not.

Orthostatic hypotension in the remaining 24 patients was determined to be due to non-neurological causes such as overmedication with blood pressure control drugs, anemia, or dehydration.

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Compression socks in 30 - 40 mmHg help prevent DVT and reduce symptoms from orthostatic hypotension, postural hypotension and also used to treat severe edema or lymphedema.

In a previous study, Freeman and colleagues demonstrated that orthostatic hypotension is linked to reversible cognitive impairment in patients with a rare neurological disorder called autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathIn a previous study, Freeman and colleagues demonstrated that orthostatic hypotension is linked to reversible cognitive impairment in patients with a rare neurological disorder called autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathin patients with a rare neurological disorder called autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy.

The rate of death over 10 years was 29 percent for people with delayed orthostatic hypotension, 64 percent for those with orthostatic hypotension (the more serious form of the disease) and 9 percent in people without either condition.

But when it happens often, it can be a sign of a more serious condition called orthostatic hypotension, which is defined as a drop in blood pressure within three minutes of sitting or standing.

«Our study looked at delayed orthostatic hypotension, when the drop in blood pressure happens more than three minutes after standing or sitting up,» said study author Christopher Gibbons, MD, with Harvard Medical School in Boston and a Fellow with the American Academy of Neurology.

Orthostatic hypotension was defined as a drop of 20 mmHg or more in systolic blood pressure or 10 mmHg or more in diastolic blood pressure.

Previous research has suggested a connection between orthostatic hypotension and cognitive decline in older people, but this appears to be the first to look at long - term associations.

«Orthostatic Hypotension is Associated with 20 - year Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study» was written by Andreea Rawlings; Stephen Juraschek; Gerardo Heiss; Tim Hughes; Michelle Meyer; Elizabeth Selvin; Richey Sharrett; Gwen Windham; and Rebecca Gottesman.

Although effective in the treatment of anxiety, they can cause significant side effects, including orthostatic hypotension (drop in blood pressure on standing), constipation, urinary retention, dry mouth, and blurry vision.

Use this herb for heart inflammation, heart weakness, and orthostatic hypotension (a drop in blood pressure characterized by dizziness when moving from a seated position to a standing one).

Orthostatic hypotension (getting dizzy upon standing up) and changes in blood sugar control are common results of low cortisol.

There is INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE about the beneficial effects of caffeine consumption athletic performance during short - term exercise, such as sprints or lifting [115], attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[89], asthma [85,86], cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease [191,192], depression [115], diabetes mellitus type 2 [22,23,187,205], gallstones [87,88], gout [83,84], hepatitis C or liver cirrhosis [115], improving breathing in preterm infants with apnea [150,174], leg cramps due to narrowed arteries (intermittent claudication)[115], liver cancer [191], memory [16,67], migraine headache [176,207,209], muscle soreness during exercise [115], obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD)[115], orthostatic hypotension [78,80], postprandial hypotension (a drop of blood pressure after meals)[77], seizures [25], skin itching [115], stroke [115] or weight loss [90].

In particular, we will examine the physiology behind low blood pressure within a setting of advanced Adrenal Fatigue and the wide variety of low blood pressure symptoms such as dizziness, lightheadedness, orthostatic hypotension and heart palpitations that accompany this state.

Chronic orthostatic hypotension can be a severely debilitating disease in the elderly, people with diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Parkinson's disease, scrofulous growths and in people who take medications that affect the autonomic nervous system.

A common type of low blood pressure is a orthostatic hypotension, a drop in blood pressure when you go from sitting to standing that causes lightheadedness.

For the person with orthostatic hypotension, standing up causes blood to pool in the legs.

Butcher's Broom is thought to help orthostatic hypotension (a drop in blood pressure upon rising from a sitting position that causes dizziness and fainting) and is also well - known for its ability to treat Meniere's disease and vertigo.

There is INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE [2,3,5] abut the effectiveness of creatine in the prevention or treatment of age related muscle loss, bipolar disorder, breathing problems during sleeping (apnea) in infants, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, dehydration, depression, dermatomyositis, diabetes mellitus type 2, fibromyalgia, heart attack, hereditary motor sensory neuropathy, high cholesterol, HIV / AIDS - related muscle wasting, Huntington's disease, McArdle disease, mitochondrial myopathies, multiple sclerosis, muscle cramps, orthostatic hypotension, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's disease [8], Rett syndrome, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, schizophrenia, skin aging, traumatic brain injury or vision loss due to gyrate atrophy of the retina or in improving bone density, memory or cognitive function.