What do my vitals tell you about my health?
I'm not at all a doctor, I'm actually a Medical Assistant but this is something that I would have no problem in answering. When your vital signs (Temperature, Blood Pressure, Pulse, Respiration,) along with height and weight, are taken while having a physical with your doctor. It's a get a 'baseline' of what ranges your vitals should lie within. Anything above or below those can indicate any changes in your health. Anything abnormal in your vitals can indicate anything from problems with your thyroid (or any other endocrine problems), heart problems, and so on. Like I mentioned before, I am not a doctor. It is possible that they dizzy sensation can be do to the 95/63 reading of your blood pressure. When your blood pressure is lower than the normal 120/80, you might have a condition called 'Orthostatic hypotension', especially if experiencing dizziness after standing. Your heart may not be pumping the efficient blood and oxygen supply needed by your body, therefore your brain could also suffer; parts of your brain are essential to your equilibrium (also known as your balance). I hope this helps. I am not a doctor so don't by any means use this as a sort of diagnosis. Make sure to mention this to your doctor and and let him/her make the appropriate diagnosis. Hope this helps!
Why does the nurse always take your vital signs?
Come on, everytime you go to the doctor the nurse takes you in the back and takes your blood pressure, pulse, height, and weight. They are always the same numbers, so why check it everytime?
What are the vital signs of a person with congestive heart failure?
I like Jennifer L's answer. The only thing I might add is that a pt with CHF will have a nocturnal rise in their PR. Good Luck
What is the vital sign that changes the most during pain?
In my personal experience, I find pain response to be very different from patient to patient, but also generationally and even culturally. A person's response to pain is shaped largely by experiences and expectations. However, with severe pain there are always some kind of vital signs changes. The one I see most often across the board is a change in heart rate. For a typical adult, normal is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Basically, your body is experiencing a stressor and it starting to ramp up your fight-or-flight response. It is presented with pain but your nervous system can't differentiate between getting your arm closed in a door and, say, a shark attack. Heart rates will rise and so will respiratory rates. Your body wants to be prepared to fight for your life or run for your life. Typically these changes will cause the blood pressure to rise too. However, I frequently have patients who present the complete opposite. In these folks, their response is referred to as a vasovagal response. In them, their heart rate drops and the vasculature dilates which in turn causes the blood pressure to drop and they faint. (Interestingly, I've noted that with extreme amounts of pain, the rational part of the brain stops working - so to speak - and the more primal brain takes over. I've witnessed this in patients in severe distress and experienced it first hand with unmedicated child birth. Someone will ask a question of you, you will be able to think of a response, but it will never translate to your mouth. Instead, you end up with more of the grunts, moans, cursing, and "I don't know!!" responses. Not a vital sign per se, but interesting anyway!)
Is 94 degrees a low temperature for a person?
Yes, it is actually considered hypothermia. This is possibly a symptom of hypothyroidism. You should probably see the doctor, a simple blood test will tell you. Then again it also depends on how you took the temperature. Tympanic thermometers (ear) often will read low, as well as axillary (armpit) readings. Some people also have cool mouths, so again, just visit your doctor to make sure. Frequent headaches should probably be evaluated as well
Do nurses find taking vital signs a menial, unnecessary task?
In my opinion there are three parts to the answer. You decide if taking vital signs is valuable in a given situation, but I believe you must rely on your skills and training as a nurse to get the best data on the patient in order to provide the best care.1. Vital signs are an extremely important set of data about a patient's condition. Taking them may well be one of the "menial" nursing tasks we are required to do, but the numbers, combined with our "hands on" assessment of the patient while we are taking them is critical to understanding the patient's condition. Both the vital signs and the assessment give a more accurate picture. 2. Many nursing units (mine is the ER) have techs or nursing assistants who routinely collect vital signs and they are welcome additions to the health care team. But just getting a set of numbers handed to you by a tech/cna doesn't give the same "complete picture." A nursing school dictum was "Treat the patient not the numbers/monitor." Vital signs may well be out of normal limits, but the patient appears completely asymptomatic. I once had a patient with a resting heart rate in the high 40's to low 50's; this was normal for him and he was fine. 3. Modern EMR systems and software allow patient monitors to be connected to the computers used for charting, thereby eliminating the need for a nurse to physically perform the VS task. It's a great time and labor saving advancement, but if you are not at the bedside assessing your patient and you're relying on the machine for your information, then you are doing yourself and your patient a disservice.
What would be some causes for low blood pressure? 100 over 60...?
What is your blood pressure normally? My GF always has numbers about the same as your are, as did her mother. It's normal for her. While I'm normally 115-120/70-75 in that range. If you're not feeling light headed, extremities colder then normal etc... then you are probably fine. You may have also been really relaxed when getting it taken. Your blood pressure is always different. I once had a BP of 140/100. The doctor had me come in for a physical. I told the doctor it was because his really good looking nurse took my blood pressure. :) Got the physical, needless to say I was probably right. I was perfectly fine ;) Went out with the nurse for a few months.
For a 15-year-old boy with a blood pressure of 90/60, is this normal or too low?
Almost certainly entirely normal.Unless the person concerned is being resuscitated after losing blood or suffering from a condition like septic shock, there is really no such thing as a blood pressure that is “too low”.‘Low blood pressure’ as an isolated diagnosis is largely something we abandoned half a century ago.It’s normal. Normal, I say. Really. Normal.My 2c, Dr Jo.