PressureSore Review
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SarahPosted
Wed 16 Mar 2011 10:05pm
This morning we were back to the hospital to check on Violet's pressuresore and have it re-dressed.
She has been complaining of other areas underneath her cast being sore (heel and forefoot) but the surgeon said they have padded it so well, there really shouldn't be anything there causing another pressuresore...well all I can say is I hope
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My sore leg/knee isn't sensitive to pressure
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AllenPosted
Mon 17 Nov 2008 9:08pm
One good thing about my sore leg and knee is that the area around the knee isn't sensitive to pressure from my fingers. My right knee does look swollen, though.
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Blood Pressure Monitors: Importance of monitoring blood pressure
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Peter C.Posted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 6:33pm1 Comment
Blood Pressure Facts and Figures
Your heart needs to pump blood via the arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and veins to the rest of the body to supply oxygen, nutrients and other essentials for health and maintain life. Obviously, it would take fluid (liquid) pressure to be able to do that through these narrow vessels, and the blood pressure needed
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Tiny pressure sensor implant in the femoral artery measures blood pressure 30 times a second
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Medical QuackPosted
Thu 22 Jan 2009 5:14pm
The pressure sensor is placed directly into the femoral artery in the groin and the device is diameter of about one millimeter. It moves at a rapid pace too, 30 times a second! Gee I’m happy and content with once a day, but I guess this will iron it down and give us all the blood pressure data we could ever hope for.
But wait, there’s more
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Peer Pressure or Personal Pressure?
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Vanessa Van PettenPosted
Sat 19 Dec 2009 9:00am1 Comment
today are focused on being different and unique, trying really hard to not blend in with the crowd. Teens aren’t pressured by other teens—they pressure themselves.
Every day... standard or push it higher. All teens want to do is make people proud and impressed.
Peer pressure is occurring more and more in younger teens and personal pressure is happening
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Barometric Pressure’s Effect on our Physiology
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Kerry K.Posted
Wed 07 Jan 2009 4:41pm
of our symptoms when barometric pressure changes and wonder “Why”? Through the years I have searched the web and asked questions of doctors as to why my symptoms and level... addresses and contemplates the effect of barometric pressure changes on physiology. Here is an excerpt:
Are we living barometers?
Many animals and plants can sense changes
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Under Pressure. Marathon Pressure.
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Ashley M.Posted
Thu 30 Sep 2010 12:21pm
mile training runs that put my 5 milers to shame.
Oh, the humanity!
Part of it all was a good pressure. A much-needed motivation to run longer and harder (for example... up due to pressure (and, admittedly, enthusiasm). A few too-much-too-soon injuries include shin splints, runner's knee, stress fractures, and iliotibial band friction (ITB
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