bleeding...

[MicheleGazelle]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>RonnieSharpe</b></i>

I agree with Landy. I have been told that CFers are more prone to bleeds when lying flat. I know for me this is true, and if I feel a bleed coming on, I prop my self up in my bed. Not sure of the medical reason for this.



Ronnie</end quote></div>

I don't know either. But I do know that if you have pneumonia, it's harder to breathe laying flat because it spreads liquid over more of the surface of the lung. So maybe there is a similar factor at work with bleeds.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>RonnieSharpe</b></i>

I agree with Landy. I have been told that CFers are more prone to bleeds when lying flat. I know for me this is true, and if I feel a bleed coming on, I prop my self up in my bed. Not sure of the medical reason for this.



Ronnie</end quote></div>

I don't know either. But I do know that if you have pneumonia, it's harder to breathe laying flat because it spreads liquid over more of the surface of the lung. So maybe there is a similar factor at work with bleeds.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>RonnieSharpe</b></i>

I agree with Landy. I have been told that CFers are more prone to bleeds when lying flat. I know for me this is true, and if I feel a bleed coming on, I prop my self up in my bed. Not sure of the medical reason for this.



Ronnie</end quote></div>

I don't know either. But I do know that if you have pneumonia, it's harder to breathe laying flat because it spreads liquid over more of the surface of the lung. So maybe there is a similar factor at work with bleeds.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>RonnieSharpe</b></i>

I agree with Landy. I have been told that CFers are more prone to bleeds when lying flat. I know for me this is true, and if I feel a bleed coming on, I prop my self up in my bed. Not sure of the medical reason for this.



Ronnie</end quote>

I don't know either. But I do know that if you have pneumonia, it's harder to breathe laying flat because it spreads liquid over more of the surface of the lung. So maybe there is a similar factor at work with bleeds.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>RonnieSharpe</b></i>
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<br />I agree with Landy. I have been told that CFers are more prone to bleeds when lying flat. I know for me this is true, and if I feel a bleed coming on, I prop my self up in my bed. Not sure of the medical reason for this.
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<br />Ronnie</end quote>
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<br />I don't know either. But I do know that if you have pneumonia, it's harder to breathe laying flat because it spreads liquid over more of the surface of the lung. So maybe there is a similar factor at work with bleeds.