Tag: low blood pressure
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12 Signs That Someone Has a Norepinephrine Deficiency
You have chemicals in your brain that are responsible for controlling your mental wellbeing. You’ve probably heard a great deal about dopamine and serotonin, but have you heard about norepinephrine? It’s sometimes called noradrenaline as it’s released by the sympathetic nerve fibers, which control and regulate the heart’s contractions. This chemical is a vital part…
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What Causes Someone to Faint? 5 Causes to Watch For
Whenever you experience a lack of blood flow to the brain, you can faint. Fainting is an abrupt loss of consciousness that occurs for many reasons. The medical term for this condition is syncope, and it can be an acute issue or one of a chronic nature. The good news is that people who faint…
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Scientists Link Dizzy Spells to Increased Dementia Risk
Dizzy spells can hit you at any moment. For most people, it seems to hit at the worst possible time. They’re extremely disorienting and can take you a while to recover from them. Despite the discomfort of dizzy spells, they’re often harmless. At least, that was the general consensus among scientists and doctors. However, new…
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Cardiologists Explain the Causes and Symptoms of Low Blood Pressure
Low blood pressure, or hypotension, is a condition that can weaken the body or cause a life-threatening situation. You probably don’t hear as much about it as you do hypertension or high blood pressure. Both conditions carry health risks. When you visit the doctor’s office, the staff will always take your blood pressure, or BP,…
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Foods to Eat and Avoid for Normal Blood Pressure (#3 is a winner)
Are you struggling to maintain normal blood pressure? Your blood pressure (also referred to as BP) is the force in which your blood is pushing against the walls of your blood vessels. Sometimes, situations will arise where someone will have BP which is too low or too high. This can cause issues for all systems…
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15 Foods to Avoid If You Have High Blood Pressure
If you have hypertension (high blood pressure), controlling the condition should be a top priority. Also, lowering your blood pressure is a great way to reduce your chances of suffering a stroke or heart attack. A healthy blood pressure reading should fall somewhere between 120/80 mmHg and 139/89 mmHg, according to the CDC (Centers for…