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lsgordon02143
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I found the following thread on PF:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=207950
that relates hypertension to Bernoulli's fluid pressure equations, and it got me to thinking:
I am aware that sometimes migraine headache leads to temporarily elevated blood pressure. I have read various explanations for this (pain -> stress, etc.) - but could it be just plain Bernoulli?
Since migraine is caused by (or causes?) dilation of blood vessels, wouldn't that lead to faster velocity for the same flow rate, thus lower pressure?
Bernoulli also perhaps explains how exercise temporarily elevates blood pressure, i.e. by increasing the total energy ("head") in the system..?
Any thoughts?
--LG
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=207950
that relates hypertension to Bernoulli's fluid pressure equations, and it got me to thinking:
I am aware that sometimes migraine headache leads to temporarily elevated blood pressure. I have read various explanations for this (pain -> stress, etc.) - but could it be just plain Bernoulli?
Since migraine is caused by (or causes?) dilation of blood vessels, wouldn't that lead to faster velocity for the same flow rate, thus lower pressure?
Bernoulli also perhaps explains how exercise temporarily elevates blood pressure, i.e. by increasing the total energy ("head") in the system..?
Any thoughts?
--LG