Atherosclerosis
Written by admin on October 11th, 2008 in Atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis
A very common question - what is atherosclerosis? Just the fact that so many people raise this question is alarming in oneself; however, the consequences of this disease cause million deaths throughout the world every year. The athero a Greek word, which means the grain or the paste and hardening or hardness of significance of sclerosis. The atherosclerosis is the result of the deposits of cholesterol, other materials like our waste of body, calcium, and other substances. These deposits accumulate and accumulate along the interior of our arteries.
What causes the atherosclerosis? One of the alarming things about the atherosclerosis is that it is an asymptomatic disease, not meaning without any symptom. Often the first symptom can be a heart attack or a race. It is a slow, long, complex disease which often starts in childhood and progresses. In others, progress is much faster. Some scientists believe that its beginning is caused by damage with the interior layer of the artery. But how the interior layer of an artery can become damaged? interior layer of an artery could be possibly become damaged - high levels of cholesterol, hypertension, smoking; cholesterol, fatty deposits, calcium and other substances accumulate.
These deposits, as well as other substances produced by the body consequently, can become enough large to thicken the lining of the artery. This in their turn will reduce the internal diameter of the artery by which blood passes, of this fact causing a reduction and a reduction of oxygen. As we saw, with plaques atherosclerosis form along the interior lining of the arteries. Sometimes the plaques can weaken and become unstable and break thereafter. When this occurs, the contents of the plaques, while coming into contact with the flow of blood of the artery, form a clot or a thrombus. Such a clot can completely block the flow of blood.
The results of the blocking clots in Atherosclerosis: If the clot blocks an artery in the middle, a heart attack will be the result. Walking can become difficult if the clot blocks a artery of the leg. We have the great medical establishments saying to limit foods such as the red meat, eggs and cheese. The pathogenesis of the atherosclerotic lesion implies the dysfunction of endothelial, reduction in availability of nitrogen protoxide, the accumulation of foam cells and the extracellular accumulation of lipid. The layer of the artery is called as endothelium. The process comprises the accumulation of the cellular loss, cholesterol, calcium and fibrin in the wall of an artery.
The regular exercises are also strongly recommended and if you smoke, stop it. These measurements will help considerably to keep your cholesterol under the order and make the progression of atherosclerosis less.
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