what effect does nitroglycerin have on your blood vessels?

Question

Can you tell me what you suggest if you are unable to obtain a blood pressure, can you still administer nitroglycerin?

Answer 1

It dilates them: It temporarily dilates them.

Answer 2

Dilation: Ntg dilates your blood vessels (i.e. Makes them bigger).

Answer 3

Nitroglycerin: Potential side effects in people with or without heart disease are headache, dizziness, and a drop in blood pressure. The effect of the drug is only for thirty minutes.

Answer 4

Why?!: This is a pretty foolish thing to engage in if there's no clear medical need. You can expect severe headache, hypotension, loss of consciousness, dizziness and racing heart. If you have an undiagnosed condition affecting certain organs, death could result.

Answer 5

Blood From Ulcer?: Your boyfriend should see his GI physician. The source of the blood needs to be discovered. Most bleeding ulcers resolve with medical therapy but recurrent GI bleeding requires repeat upper endoscopy.. Also, this bleeding may be totally unrelated to his prior ulcer and may require colonoscopy if the upper endoscopy is normal.

Answer 6

See Doctor: Ulcers can only be diagnosed by an endoscopy and should heal in a few months with medication. Dark blood in stool could indicate that the ulcer is bleeding. Bright red blood in stool could indicate colon cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases (ex crohns or ulcerated colitis) or medical problems. See a doctor immediately to determine the source of the bleeding.

Answer 7

YES , UTi: Pain with urination, blood in urine and a fever are signs of urine infection and with history of kidney transplant needs attention right away! another worry is kidney rejection with decreased urine output. Hope he is better soon!

Answer 8

See Dr. immediately: May well have a uti. Need to rule out kidney involvement &/or immunologis tissue rejection. Low urine production is of concer. Please have him contact and see his transplant surgeon &/or nephrologist. Best advise is not to delay.

Answer 9

It depends.: I do not think that a heart condition is likely, given your age and results under normal conditions. It depends on when you get these episodes, and under what circumstances. If they happen during a hectic period in your day, like at work, etc., i would say anxiety is likely. However, if they occur at random points during your day, or after exertion, i would say get a stress test, etc..

Answer 10

Could be: Anxiety is a plausible explanation. There are so many other possibilities that are beyond the scope of this forum.. Best bet is to continue searching for a cause. These symptoms are also consistent with a neuromuscular bite problem. A bad bite can stimulate the hpa (hypothalamic pituitary adrenal) axis (selye) as well as alter cervical vertebral, position and compress axiallary nerves.

Answer 11

May or may not: Gross blood in the urine with flank pain until proven otherwise can be a sign of kidney stones. Uti typically starts from the bladder and if left untreated can potentially travel to to the kidneys with serious consequences. Follow where the pain the starts. Stone starts from the back vs UTI from the bladder.

Answer 12

UTI blood in urine: Uti can cause visible blood in the urine. If no x-ray were performed such as ct or ultrasound then you should have one soon. I recommend a followup w a urologist as soon as possible. A subsequent urinalysis is critical should no work up is recommended on your initial visit. If your pain worsens or you develop fevers, go to your nearest er if your primary care doctor can't see you right away.

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