Sentences with phrase «pressure in your lungs»

They would dive with one atmosphere of pressure in their lungs and when they surfaced, no matter how fast, they would have only one atmosphere of pressure, so could not suffer an air embolism in the way a rapidly surfacing scuba diver might.

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) scientists have identified new genetic mutations that can cause pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare fatal disease characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs.

One disease module they've studied is for pulmonary hypertension — high blood pressure in the lungs, which can cause heart failure.

November 14, 2006 Anti-cancer drug shows early promise in pulmonary hypertension A drug used to treat kidney cancer can prevent the development of pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) in rodents, report researchers from the University of Chicago at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Heart Association, November 12 to15, in Chicago.

Poole said that when a horse breathes, it can generate a negative pressure in its lungs.

Holding breathe increases pressure in your lungs and can cause cervical muscles and joint problems.

If the heart is unable to move this blood forward into the body, it creates pressure in the lungs which effectively leads to what is called pulmonary edema or fluid - filled lungs.

Having high blood pressure in your lungs is a complication most common among adults.

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That is of course if they were lucky enough to get in a few breaths before the atmospheric pressure crushed their lungs and killed them first before they drowned.

This change in pressure also closes the hole in baby's heart that prevents the heart from pumping blood to the lungs whilst in the placenta.»

A tube placed in the chest, just outside of the lungs, that creates a negative pressure (like a vacuum) to keep the lungs open.

This can cause welts on the skin, itching, lung spasms, or a sudden drop in blood pressure.

I know that the first breath taken is designed to create a pressure difference that prompts a chain of events in the heart and lungs.

After the baby has engaged, pressure will be relieved in your chest and lungs, making it easier for you to breathe.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he and his counterparts in all the other states have reached a $ 13.5 million settlement with the maker of drugs to treat stroke, blood pressure and lung ailments over the alleged deceptive marketing of those products.

Among its many function, NO relaxes muscles surrounding blood vessels, which reduces blood pressure — a property that led Zapol and his colleagues to investigate its use to treat hypertension in vessels supplying the lungs.

Over time in continued hypoxic conditions, these vessels become muscularized, resulting in pulmonary hypertension, high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lung.

Pulmonary hypertension involves an increase of blood pressure in the arteries of the lung that can lead to heart failure.

But pressure sensors on blood vessels in your lungs can tell your brain to bring the pressure back down.

The scientists hypothesized that the fish's air - filled lungs might be responsible, because the air inside them buzzes and rattles in response to a propagating pressure wave.

He says that any animal with air - filled lungs that vibrate in response to pressure waves «will hear pressure in water whether it wants to or not.»

This rare and deadly disease mainly affects young women, and is characterized by very high pressure in the arteries supplying blood to the lungs.

Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries going to the lung.

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The most obvious difficulty is that rising pressure puts the squeeze on the lungs and any other air spaces in the body.

'' [I] f you're in the hospital and you're undergoing surgery, oftentimes what they do is put a tube down your throat and put a positive pressure to prevent a [lung] collapse from happening,» Fahlman said.

This is because dolphins have compressible lungs that help them withstand high pressures deep in the ocean.

Understanding how dolphins breathe rapidly and maintain lung functionality under immense pressure could help scientists keep humans safe when they are in similarly extreme situations, such as under anesthesia during surgeries, the researchers said.

We've seen that repetitive motion retrains the nervous system so that individuals, in some cases, redevelop walking patterns, but regular movement also prevents secondary complications of paralysis, including cardiac and lung weakness, poor bone density and pressure ulcers.

This can cause the dramatic drop in blood pressure seen in septic shock, which can in turn damage the kidneys, lungs and heart and even cause death.

It also opens up your heart center and takes pressure off the lungs allowing your ribs and chest to expand and let more oxygen in.

In that case, a cup is placed on an acupuncture point for the lungs, and will often turn into the darkest color of bruises even though all the cups are placed on the skin with the same negative pressure.

From a health perspective, I would only be scratching the surface by mentioning benefits that include improvement in blood pressure, increases in HDL (good) cholesterol and decreases in LDL (bad) cholesterol, reduced body fat, a decreased glucose - stimulated insulin response, improvement in heart and lung function and efficiency, and decreases in anxiety, tension, and depression.

As your lungs fill during your inhale, your diaphragm descends lower into the abdominal cavity, which increases the pressure in your abdomen and around your uterus.

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Consuming 0.5 ml peppermint oil in a drink for 10 consecutive days was found to improve body performance since it increases respiratory system efficiency through increasing capacity of lungs, oxygen supply to muscle cells, and its inhibitory effect on blood pressure.

However, I also read JP Barral's book where he notes in the autopsy's he's done, those who had pneumothoraxes / atelectisis (collapsed lungs) all had hiatal hernias from the movement of the organs due to pressure changes in the thorax.

By breathing in to only two - thirds of your lung capacity, you ensure that blood pressure won't go up from the sheer exertion of forcing the lungs to maximum expansion.

According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, one in three adult Americans has high blood pressure and is at risk for cardiovascular problems.

They are rich in omega 3 fatty acids which have the added benefits of regulating blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, balancing blood sugar, helping with anxiety and depression, and may also reduce the risk factor for some cancers, including breast, colon, lung and prostate.

There is INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE [1,4,5] about the effectiveness of lycopene supplements in the prevention or treatment of age - related macular degeneration (AMD), asthma, atherosclerosis, benign prostate hyperplasia, cancer (brain, breast, cervical, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate), cataracts, coronary heart disease, diabetes type 2, gingivitis, high blood pressure, hot flashes in menopausal women, human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, inflammation, infertility, kidney disease, mouth sores (oral leukoplakia), or as an anticoagulant (blood thinner) or antioxidant or as sun protection.

According to one study on mice, NAC can thus cause pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) at high doses, a dangerous disease when the arteries in the lungs narrow and lung blood pressure rises.

When we breathe, this dome - shaped muscle contracts allowing a reduced pressure in the upper body so that air may enter the lungs and provides tension across the top of the abdominal area.

This increased pressure first manifests in the vessels of the lungs resulting in the leakage and accumulation of fluid in the lung tissues (pulmonary edema) or outside of the lungs in the chest cavity (pleural effusion).

The back flow of blood increases the volume of blood within the lungs, and this increased volume causes an increase in the pulmonary blood pressure.

But veterinarians who believe that brachycephalic dogs suffer more from heart issues suggest that a deficiency of oxygen over time (chronic hypoxia) causes blood channels in the lungs to narrow (pulmonary vasoconstriction) which then leads to increased blood pressure within the heart (pulmonary hypertension), a known risk for heart failure.

Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood, causing an increase in pressure and fluid that eventually leaks out into the lungs or elsewhere.

The clinical signs occur when the pressure in the enlarged heart chambers cause fluid to leak out of the blood vessels into the lungs (called pulmonary edema or «water on the lungs») and sometimes the belly (ascites).

If beating slightly alters while breathing in and out, this can be caused by an unfamiliar environment or momentary stress; however, abnormalities, including a speedy or sluggish pulse, can indicate anemia, lung disease, pressure on the brain, or a failure of circulation.