What's the difference between bloodshot and congest?

Bloodshot


Definition:

  • (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Severe swelling and bloodshot of the lids and conjunctiva occurred in all cases.
  • (2) The response of ocular vessels to norepinephrine and histamine was significantly diminished by 43 mM ethanol, suggesting a possible mechanism underlying the "bloodshot" eyes found in acute intoxication.
  • (3) Using a homespun remedy favoured by demonstrators, the man treated his bloodshot eyes with a towel soaked in apple cider vinegar.
  • (4) Randall's eyes, fatigued and bloodshot, have big bags under them.
  • (5) I’m very happy.” But then he takes off his cheap sunglasses to reveal a pair of bloodshot eyes.
  • (6) Suddenly I noticed an awful lot of people in Sierra Leone seemed to have bloodshot eyes.
  • (7) The UN report notes that when the lead investigator interviewed the ground engineer, weeks later, he smelt strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes.
  • (8) Police said he had bloodshot eyes, slurred his speech, and was “actively urinating, without the use of his hands, through his open pants”.
  • (9) With bloodshot eyes, a crumpled suit and the rueful air of a man who has had one too many Martinis, Jon Hamm, just for today at least, is feeling a little Don Draper.
  • (10) "It's been very tough for people here," says Kawajiri, who is wearing glasses to hide a badly bloodshot eye – caused, he says, by the stress of the past few months.
  • (11) Six patients using Opticrom and five using placebo complained of stinging of the eyes, while one patient using placebo complained of his eyes becoming bloodshot and watering.
  • (12) He is totally bloodshot, as if he’s on the world’s worst adrenalin rush.
  • (13) It is targeting civilians.” Tennari said most of the victims came in without physical wounds, but had acute respiratory problems and burning, bloodshot eyes.

Congest


Definition:

  • (v. t. ) To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.
  • (v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Macroscopic lesions included mild congestion of the gastric mucosa and focal consolidation of the lung.
  • (2) Lisinopril increases cardiac output, and decreases pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and mean arterial pressure in patients with congestive heart failure refractory to conventional treatment with digitalis and diuretics.
  • (3) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
  • (4) After 40 minutes of coronary occlusion and 20 minutes of reflow, significant cardiac weight gain occurred in association with characteristic alterations in the ischemic region, including widespread interstitial edema and focal vascular congestion and hemorrhage and swelling of cardiac muscle cells.
  • (5) The degree of venous congestion in the lungs of patients with mitral stenosis varies with the phases of respiration.
  • (6) Stroke was the cause of 2 and congestive heart failure the cause of 4 deaths.
  • (7) In this ewe, and in 4 of 7 other sheep diagnosed as having abomasal emptying defects, aspartate transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were high, and histopathologic evidence of hepatic congestion and ischemia was found.
  • (8) Several studies in the past have shown the long-term beneficial effects of beta-blockers in congestive heart failure.
  • (9) Case 2: A 40-year-old man with congestive heart failure and inflammatory signs had aortic and mitral regurgitation.
  • (10) These observations suggest that the degree of sodium depletion plays an important role in the tendency for angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors to induce renal failure in patients with congestive heart failure and moderate renal insufficiency.
  • (11) Thus ACE-inhibitors are to be considered for all patients requiring medical therapy for congestive heart failure.
  • (12) The drugs used in early studies - diuretics, vasodilators and reserpine - greatly improved mortality from malignant hypertension, apoplectic stroke and congestive heart failure, but had little or no effect in persons with milder degrees of elevated blood pressure, who constitute the vast majority of hypertensives.
  • (13) In the other 6 patients with congestive heart failure and in 4 controls, saralasin produced either no change or slight increases in systemic vascular resistance.
  • (14) In patients with preexistent congestive heart failure (CHF), predicted cumulative survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years were 78%, 69%, and 57%, respectively, for group 1 (n = 23) and 90%, 83%, and 75%, respectively, for group 2 (n = 16).
  • (15) Atropine significantly reduced rhinorrhea, the levels of histamine, and TAME-esterase activity as well as the osmolality of recovered lavage fluids, but had no effect on nasal congestion or albumin.
  • (16) Characteristics of the poisoning include a delay between exposure and onset of symptoms; early systemic toxicity with congestive changes in the lungs and oliguric renal failure; prominent cerebellar and Parkinsonian neurologic symptoms as well as seizures and coma in severe cases; and psychiatric disturbances that can last from months to years.
  • (17) When he arrived at our hospital, congestive heart failure, cyanosis of his lower extremities and weak femoral pulses were observed.
  • (18) 3) In 2 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy under severe congestive heart failure defects of MIBG uptake with normal Tl uptake were noted (Sympathetic neuronal function was depleted in spite of normal coronary perfusion.
  • (19) Patients with acute congestive cardiac failure had elevated plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) which fell towards normal levels with successful diuretic therapy.
  • (20) The cardiovascular properties revealed by this study strongly suggest that MS-857 will exert a beneficial effect in the treatment of congestive heart failure.

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