Sentences with phrase «which constricts blood vessels»

When a woman begins to shed her endometrial lining, a large amount of prostaglandins are released which constricts blood vessels in the uterus and causes the uterus to contract.

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You may also develop high blood pressure due to placental problems, which in turn leads to constricted blood vessels that limit blood supply to the baby.

Although a natural product, the herb contains the chemical ephedrine, which stimulates the nervous system and constricts blood vessels.

The theory is that it does so by dilating vessels leading to the glomeruli, while constricting those through which blood exits.

They also try to increase blood flow to the kidneys by injecting salt or glucose solutions, which dilate constricted vessels.

All study participants either had an acute coronary syndrome such as a heart attack or unstable angina 30 days to one year before enrolling; had cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease, in which the arteries that supply blood to the brain become constricted; had peripheral vascular disease, a group of disorders affecting blood vessels outside of the heart and brain; or had both diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Nondrowsy decongestants are generally based on pseudoephedrine, an ingredient that works by constricting blood vessels, which can be good for congestion but is not always a good thing.

«It contains bisabolol, which can stimulate collagen production, as well as caffeine, which can constrict blood vessels, improving the appearance of dark circles.

When your potassium levels are low, the walls of your blood vessels might become constricted which in turn causes hypertension.

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

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Chilled Spoons In this case, it's the cool temperature of the metal spoons that constricts blood vessels, which helps decrease redness and puffiness in the eye area.

The caffeine helps constrict blood vessels, which will reduce swelling and help with cellulite.

Still other research has implicated a hormone called angiotensin II, which also constricts blood vessels.

This is because heat increases blood flow to the painful area, which relaxes tight muscles and joints, and ice constricts blood vessels which numbs pain.

Alcoholic beverages do not cause cellulite in themselves, but they do constrict blood vessels in the skin, which can make cellulite worse.

Exposing the body to extremely low temperatures within the cryotherapy chamber alerts your brain to pump more blood to your internal organs which causes vasoconstriction — in layman's terms this means your blood vessels constrict causing your blood pressure to increase.

Caffeine, which can stay in your system anywhere from 8 to 30 hours, also constricts blood vessels, decreasing circulation.

The autonomic nervous system has two separate divisions: the sympathetic nervous system, which accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood pressure, and the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes sphincter muscles.

In addition, they promote relaxation, which can help protect against the constricting effect of stress on blood vessels.

Caffeine can constrict blood vessels, which, in turn, reduces redness.

The reasoning behind ice baths is that your blood vessels will constrict in the cold and when you warm up new blood rushes to the area and improves circulation and flushes out the waste products which helps the healing process.

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.

Potassium is a vasodilator, which means that it opens up the blood vessels and eases the flow of blood, so it isn't being forced in a stress - inducing way through constricted arteries and veins.

The severity of the conditions is more serious when the stomach twists upon itself within the abdomen in a clockwise rotation causing the inlet and outlet of the stomach as well as blood vessels which supply the stomach to become constricted at both ends.

A vascular ring anomaly is classified as a condition in which the blood vessels wrap around the esophagus and cause it to constrict.