vasomotor
IPA: vˈæsʌmˈoʊtɝ
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the regulation of the diameter of blood vessels.
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Examples of "vasomotor" in Sentences
- Also kidneys, lumbar nerves, adrenal glands, vasomotor and venous systems.
- Hot flashes, which doctors call vasomotor symptoms, are a major issue in women's health because there are so few effective remedies to relieve them.
- Because the IgE reaction isn't involved in vasomotor rhinitis, antihistamines and other over-the-counter allergy medications aren't very effective, nor are allergy shots.
- For American women, vasomotor symptoms are common around menopause, but the experience isn't universal: fewer Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian women report having hot flashes.
- In the piece he describes his fascination with various online porn sites and writes off sex addiction as another invented disease like vasomotor rhinitis (a.k.a. runny nose) or obesity.
- Kaunitz began by explaining that when "vasomotor symptoms" such as hot flashes start interfering with a woman's daily activities -- often because they've caused sleep deprivation -- some kind of treatment is appropriate.
- But when seasonal allergy symptoms crop up for the first time in adulthood, they are more likely due to an irritation of the nasal membranes known as vasomotor or nonallergic rhinitis than to an IgE response, experts say.
- With such a long course of treatment, side effects of hormone therapy such as vasomotor symptoms - hot flashes and night sweats - can become a major cause of decreased quality of life, and even discontinuation of treatment.
- It's a-- it's a period which can last for a few seconds to a few minutes of what's called vasomotor instability, where the -- there's a dilation of blood vessels in the skin that often causes flushing, a sensation of heat, sweating.
- A residual loose end stems from the fact that the average age of women at enrollment for all 3 trials was the mid-60s, whereas the majority of women who use hormone therapy for treatment of vasomotor symptoms are in their early 50s.
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