Sentences with phrase «cause blood vessel»

These results suggest that response to inflammatory cytokines by endothelial cells is not required for NS1 to cause blood vessel leakage.

Commercial stents can release chemotherapy agents that are toxic and can cause the blood vessel to narrow again.

Cold temperatures can cause blood vessel spasms in breastfeeding women, limiting blood flow to the nipple.

«That toxin causes blood vessels to constrict, reducing blood flow.

Through a lot of boring sciencey steps, our body produces something called nitric oxide synthase (NOS) which may cause blood vessels to expand, reducing blood pressure.

Caffeine is a stimulant that causes your blood vessels to constrict, increases your heart rate, and elevates blood pressure.

So it causes the blood vessels to constrict so there's no blood flow to the nipple often times the nipple would be bleached white and then all of a sudden the blood goes right back into the nipple and it turns like a purple kind of being (inaudible) parents say if you sit on your foot and your foot goes to sleep and then all of a sudden you get the pins and needles.

The hormones that surge through your body during pregnancy cause blood vessels to relax, reducing your blood pressure and potentially leading to bouts of dizziness, reports American Pregnancy.

One of the earliest symptoms pregnancy, alongside nausea and vomiting, as a nosebleeds that start in back part your nose these can cause blood vessels to what causes bleeding gums pregnancy.

This actually is often due to the increased blood in the body, causing the blood vessels to expand.

Because people take a lot of it - and often take it with other drugs such as ketamine - it can also cause blood vessels to narrow and bring on a cardiac arrest.»

During the early 1970s, a group of researchers in Brazil led by Sergio Henrique Ferreira discovered a family of peptides in the pit viper's venom that increased the activity of bradykinin, a peptide that lowers blood pressure by causing blood vessels to dilate.

Nitric oxide and its metabolites cause blood vessels to expand and thus carry more blood.

The body releases chemicals that cause blood vessels to leak and tissues to swell in order to isolate a foreign substance from further contact with the body's tissues.

However, at least one of the genetic risk - factors for Alzheimer's disease may cause these blood vessels to lose some of their integrity, which could allow bacteria to enter and colonize the brain.

Angiotensin II was first isolated at Cleveland Clinic in the 1950s by Irvine Page, M.D., who discovered that the substance in blood causes blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise.

Johns Hopkins researchers, working with mice, say they have identified a chemical compound that reduces the risk of dangerous, potentially stroke - causing blood vessel spasms that often occur after the rupture of a bulging vessel in the brain.

«Interestingly, even the slightest manipulation of this balance changes the pattern of blood vessel growth, causing the blood vessels to grow into the motor neuron region prematurely,» explains the first author of the study, Patricia Himmels, a doctoral candidate in the research group led by Dr Ruiz de Almodóvar.

As well as being agonising, the drug scars veins and can cause blood vessels to collapse.

On MRIs, they cause blood vessels to appear brighter, providing anatomic landmarks.

Cold water stimulates, causing blood vessels to constrict, while hot water relaxes and causes blood vessels to dilate.

It wasn't until the 36 - year - old actress and model saw an ear - nose - and - throat doctor, and underwent imaging scans, that she got a correct diagnosis: an irregularity in the arteries lining her brain, called an ateriovenous malformation (AVM), that was causing the blood vessels above her ear to pulsate.

A 2014 study found that when the skin is exposed to sunlight, a chemical reaction causes blood vessels to widen and blood pressure to drop.

That's because a lack of sleep can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches your eyes, which in turn causes blood vessels in them to dilate and appear red.

Retinopathy of prematurity causes blood vessels to grow in the retina, the light - sensitive tissue in the back of the eye.

Cucumbers, which are 95 % water, offer a nice cooling sensation and the cold temperature causes blood vessels to constrict and reduce inflammation.

Placed over your eyes, they act like a cold compress, causing blood vessels to constrict and reducing swelling, says Rebecca Kazin, MD, associate director at the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

There are a couple different reasons, but this is the main one — heat causes your blood vessels to dilate.

These in turn cause the blood vessels that surround the brain to expand and inflame.

If those muscle layers are in spasm it will cause the blood vessels to constrict and stop the flow.

A few studies have also linked sodium consumption with secretion of a hormone called endogenous ouabain, which exhibits a «vasotonic effect» and causes blood vessels to contract, says Dr. Dolmatova.

«If you have a big belly from pregnancy, lying on your back causes the blood vessels to compress,» explains Dr. Rabin.

Nitric oxide causes our blood vessels to EXPAND.

It causes blood vessels to dilate and, as a result, NO2 increases blood flow.

NO is a chemical that causes blood vessels to open up wider and thus improve the blood flow.

Essentially, nitric oxide causes your blood vessels to open wider.

Improved blood flow — In the subcutaneous tissues, infrared rays are converted to heat energy which causes blood vessels and capillaries to dilate.

Insulin also indirectly aids in muscle development by causing the blood vessels to relax and dilate, allowing greater blood flow to the muscles.

Heat and Ice Treatments: When heat is applied to an affected area, it decreases * pain and spasms by causing the blood vessels to dilate / expand (vasodilation), thereby increasing * circulation to the area and helping the muscles and tissues to relax.

Phthalides have shown, among other biological activities, sedative and antispasmodic effects that are able to reduce the levels of «stress hormones» that cause blood vessels to contract, thereby allowing easier blood circulation and stabilizing blood pressure.

When you consume nitrate, your body converts it to nitric oxide, which in turn causes blood vessels to relax and dilate, lowering blood pressure.

Magnesium deficiency causes blood vessels to go into spasms.

The researchers say the polyphenols in dark chocolate can help reduce oxidative stress and help the body form more nitric oxide, a compound that causes blood vessels to dilate.

It results in the inability to properly store magnesium, causing blood vessels to constrict, elevated blood pressure, and coronary arterial spasm, all of which can result in a heart attack.

Being a vasodilator Niacin causes blood vessels to widen thus lowering blood pressure and preventing heart attacks or strokes.

«Antihistamines can cause the blood vessels to constrict, so there's less blood flow and therefore less secretions throughout the body,» Dr. Dweck tells Health.

It works by blocking an enzyme in the body that is needed to produce a substance that causes blood vessels to tighten.

In FCE, somehow the material from the nucleus pulposus enters the arterial system and is carried to the spinal cord where it causes a blood vessel obstruction: an embolism.

This disease causes the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle to become blocked, resulting in a heart attack.

(Rattlesnake venom contains anti-coagulants, enzymes that can damage blood vessels and tissue, and substances that can cause blood vessels and tissue, and substances that can cause blood pressure to drop dangerously low.)