Sentences with phrase «as orthostatic»

Though momentary dizziness is common, a small proportion of people suffer from a condition known as orthostatic intolerance, in which going into a standing position leads to a drastic drop in blood pressure, sometimes leading to feeling faint or a momentary loss of consciousness.

The symptoms Darrel experienced are part of a disorder known as orthostatic hypotension, resulting from poor cardiovascular function.

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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.

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.

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.

It also wasn't clear, she says, whether these participants had repeated problems with orthostatic hypotension over many years or whether they had just a brief episode of orthostatic hypotension at the original enrollment visit, as patients were not retested over time.

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.

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.

He then proceeded to be extremely difficult, working on his laptop and refusing to cooperate as Laura ran orthostatics (where vitals are taken on a patient while sitting, while standing and while lying down).