Atherosclerosis heart disease
Written by admin on Sunday, October 12th, 2008 in Atherosclerosis heart disease.
Atherosclerosis heart disease
The atherosclerosis is the disease, which affects blood vessels and brings many complications, including the myocardial infarction and the ischemic disorder. It resembles a “hardening” of the arteries, caused by the formation of the multiple plaques in the arteries. Athero means the hardness of paste and sclerosis. The atherosclerosis is an important problem of health in developed nations. The atherosclerosis is currently understood like chronic inflammatory disease, which develops in response to the damage of the arterial wall. It is characterized by the development complexes of an occlusive atheroma and prothrombotic.
The result is development of plaques. The initiate of Cytokines and support the process atherogenic. The plaques block the flow of blood. Moreover the bleeding in plaques or the formation of a clot of blood on the broken plaques can block the whole artery. The result is a heart attack. Treating the atherosclerosis is basically the manner of preventing complications. The first stage is simple: to cease smoking, exercise regularly. The next stage treats the cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and hypertension.
By the atherosclerosis the interior of the arteries are thickened, hardened and stiffened, causing space so that the flow of blood is narrowed or closed. This will decrease the offer of oxygen to cells. The primary symptom of this is pain, poor function of body and bad general condition. The additional consequences are acute damage by the stop of the flow of blood caused by a clot of blood.
Mechanisms and Causes: The interior walls of the arteries are composed of a layer cells of endothelial (external cells) and under a layer of soft cells. The changes by the atherosclerosis hamper the cells of endothelial. The development of the atherosclerosis probably starts with damage in the endothelium. This damage penetrate in the walls and deposit cholesterol.
Symptoms : Since the atherosclerosis can affect all the parts of body, the symptoms will change. However, the general symptoms of the affected parts of body are: easy to be tired - Pain by physical activity. Serious weakening of the flow of blood. When the heart is affected the symptoms will be: - Anoxic Pain of the heart called angina pectoris - with problems of breathing. The atherosclerosis can cause the clots of blood which narrow the flow of blood.
When the heart is run up against by a clot of blood, the muscles of heart is destroyed - a condition is called the infarction of heart, causing the cardiac arrest or death sudden. When a clot of blood runs up against the brain, brain is destroyed or deteriorated, causing the paralysis, the sudden coma or other functional weakening.
Prevention and Treatment : The atherosclerosis can be prevented by adjustments of life style: Eat a moderate quantity of sugar. Eating a good quantity of fruits and vegetables each day, enough vitamins and antioxidants, moderate quantity of salt and cease the smoking.