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Prolonged bed rest
Prolonged bed rest
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 36-year old female asked:
Can prolonged bed rest cause body to shut down eventually?
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A 34-year old male asked:
What are good exercises to do after prolonged bed rest to get lightheadedness to subside?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Can your lungs get weak from prolonged bed rest? How about your body
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A 34-year old male asked:
How does exercise help the cardiovascular system work normal again after prolonged bed rest?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Prolonged bed rest. Now feel weird to stand-walk. Exhausted. No interest in things. How can I get back to normal life?
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A 34-year old male asked:
How do patients after prolonged bed rest do exercises to help the cardiovascular system when they are so lightheaded and feel faint when standing?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Prolonged bed rest cause bradycardia? I have depression and become inactive resting heart rate goes down 42 nrml cardio wrk up and no symptoms.
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A 29-year old male asked about a 29-year old male:
Getting up after prolonged bed rest. Bp drops heart rate shoots up, and feel heavy,weak. Could it be heart failure, or multiple system atrophy?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can you recover from years of bed rest and severe muscle wasting? Also, does prolonged bed rest cause fatigue? If it causes your heart to atrophy, can that be reversed?
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A 34-year old male asked:
How long does it take for the lightheadedness to go away after months of prolong bed rest?
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A 34-year old male asked:
What are the best exercises after prolong bed rest to get blood flowing and to stop lightheadedness?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Will being on prolong bed rest with no activity make someone never be able to walk again? Will they forget how to walk?
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A 34-year old male asked:
How do doctors help patients to sit up without them feeling so terrible after prolong bed rest?
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A 34-year old male asked:
What do doctors do to help patients from passing out every time they stand up from prolong bed rest?
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A 36-year old female asked:
When does orthastatic hypotension stop after prolong bed rest for 3 months? Will walking be dangerous? Or would help?
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A 34-year old male asked:
After prolong bed rest, is normal for your head to feel floaty and hard to keep eyes still on things?
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A 34-year old male asked:
After months of prolong bed rest, how long can I expect to be lightheaded when I walk?
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A 44-year old asked:
What are the benefits of bed rest?
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A 40-year old asked:
What does it mean to go on bed rest?
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A 45-year old asked:
What complications are associated with bed rest?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have a pulse rate that varies between 108 and 120, while resting in bed. Is this normal? Help?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Only mornings hurts bad to lift myself up off bed.from however I slept either back or shoulder.severe pain.. then I'm fine rest of day?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Whenever i workout in the gym, i find it very hard to go to sleep. I have tried taking some rest before going to the bed but that also does not help.
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A 27-year old male asked:
Sir, if we sleep by sitting on chairs (especially during night shifts) , is this gives as much rest to body as we sleep on bed? Or any health effects?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Im always tired, even after ive rested. Sometimes i wake up more tired then when i went to bed. I was on leave and would wake up late but still extremely tired.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Laying in bed with resting HR of 52-57 is this normal 25 yo female recently diagnosed bilateral PE?
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A 20-year old male asked:
How can I fight severe cold without having to rest in bed? I've got lots of work and can't rest much
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A 21-year old male asked:
Why my spo2 levels faltuate between 96-98 ? Mostly when rest or lay on bed it goes 96 and when i move or stand it goes 98?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Does sexual stamina (lasting in be) have a lot to do with physical stamina (the same)? I last much longer in bed when I rest from physical exercise.
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A 23-year old male asked:
Hi, Whenever I get up from bed or chair after resting for a while I feel a sudden weird feeling like boom. I don't know what it is but it happens most when I am not physically active. I have this problem like years?
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