2006-10-09 15:58:36 · 5 answers · asked by Ntavasse 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Hypoxia is a lack of oxygen. Therefore, tissue hypoxia is lack of oxygen to tissue.
2006-10-09 16:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lack of oxygen to the tissue. Can cause shrinkage.
2006-10-09 23:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by hydroco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypoxia is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalised hypoxia) or region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Low oxygen content in the blood is referred to as hypoxaemia. Hypoxia in which there is complete deprivation of oxygen supply is referred to as anoxia.
Generalised hypoxia occurs in normal people when they ascend to high altitude, where it causes altitude sickness, and the potentially fatal complications of altitude sickness, high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral oedema (HACE). Hypoxia also occurs in healthy individuals when breathing mixtures of gases with a low oxygen content, for example while diving underwater, especially with closed-circuit rebreather systems that control the amount of oxygen in the air breathed in. Altitude training uses mild hypoxia to increase the concentration of red blood cells in the body for increased athletic performance.
2006-10-09 23:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypoxia. Insufficient oxygen delivery to tissues, due to any combiation of respiratory, cardiac, and vascular deficiency.
2006-10-09 23:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tissue hypoxia is defined as a decrease in oxygen utilisation associated with anaerobic metabolism
2006-10-09 23:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by stephie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋