Atherosclerosis - Symptoms, Causes, prevention and treatment

Of atherosclerosis in the arteries are thick, stiff clamping, leading to the reduction of the space for blood flow or closed. This reduces the oxygen supply to local or distant tissues.
The first symptoms of this is pain, poor organ function and the general situation is bad. Other consequences are tissue damage and severe damage in some cases, because it is stopping the flow of blood caused by a blood clot formed in a surprise narrowed areas.


Mechanisms and causes hardening of the arteries

The inner walls of the arteries are composed of a deep layer of endothelial cells (cell surface) and in said layer of smooth muscle cells. Changes in hardening of the arteries are endothelial cells and in this layer in the muscles. The changes consist of: A certain degree of proliferation of cancer cells or collection of cholesterol and fat. Deposition of calcium salts. Deposition of blood components such as fibrin.

And deposits called atherosclerotic plaque or sclerosis. Atherosclerosis is one of several types of thickening and hardening of the arteries. The common name for thickening and hardening of arteries is "hardening of the arteries." Often also called hardening of the arteries hardening of the arteries only.

The development of atherosclerosis may begin by mucosal lesions. This damage causes cholesterol and fat to penetrate the walls of blood and deposited there. This also pushes the cells to proliferate. Later also calcium salts are deposited.

The factors that cause atherosclerosis endothelial damage and thus:
High cholesterol in the blood.
High fat content in the blood and saturated fat in particular.
- Inflammation of the blood vessels. A sign of such inflammation is the presence of a substance called C-reactive protein.
Large amount of oxidants in the blood.
Hypertension,.
The high content of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the blood serum, and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood. Lipoprotein molecule is a combination of proteins and lipids or cholesterol. Lipoproteins transport cholesterol or fat from one location to another.
- Diabetes.
Old age.
Smokers.
Men have a chance a little more than get this condition than women.
The high content of amino acid homocysteine ​​in the blood serum.

Speaking at the end of the day, many of these factors by poor diet and lack of daily exercise.


Symptoms and consequences of atherosclerosis

Since atherosclerosis can affect all body parts, the symptoms vary. However, the general symptoms of the affected body parts are:
Decreased performance and easy to get tired.
The pain of physical activity, the pain of alleged lack of oxygen.
By the very low blood flow can damage tissue or wounds occur.

When the heart is affected, symptoms may include:
General state of disrepair.
The lack of oxygen, called the pain of the heart and the surrounding areas of physical activity and angina.
- The feeling of not getting enough air, or breathing problems.

Can lead to hardening of the arteries blood clots blocking blood flow. There are several ways this can happen:

The atherosclerotic plaque rupture CAN-, which makes it sensitive to the inner wall of the vessel. Perhaps in such blood clots, which makes it painful blood clot.
It can - plaque grows close to blood vessels.
CAN-coagulant blood in the affected area for loose, float with the blood stream to another place and supporting a blood vessel in a new place.
Some may paint itself loose and block blood vessels of others.

A condition called when the heart is stricken by a blood clot, heart tissue is destroyed stroke, myocardial infarction, causing heart failure or sudden death.

Decreased consciousness, coma or other sudden functional impairments when a blood clot that affects the brain, the brain tissue is destroyed or twice, causing paralysis.


Prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis

Can be prevented from hardening of the arteries and to a certain extent, can be cured by these measures, lifestyle modifications which most of the time:

Eat only a small or moderate amount of fat.
Eat only a moderate amount of sugar.
And should - be fat eaten combination of the different types of unsaturated fat sources such as olive oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil and walnut oil and fish. Then you will have enough monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fats are saturated, omega -6 - polyunsaturated, but not too much of one of them.
Eating fish far and just a little red meat.
Eat a good amount of fruits and vegetables every day.
Vitamins and minerals and antioxidants offer.
Do not consume a moderate amount of salt.
Smoking break.
Mechanism for treatment of high blood pressure if lifestyle measures do not lower blood pressure.
Daily exercise if you mount a.
- Elimination of stress in daily life and at work.
Affirming - down and get enough rest.

High levels of cholesterol, which do not respond to lifestyle measures, medication can be used to lower cholesterol, such as HMG-reductase, the Committee on Agriculture.

Reducing severe local artery, surgery to clean or implement to expand the artery sometimes. Sometimes the artery is replaced by the graft taken from another part of the body or through artificial vessel. When this is done in the heart, and indicates that the bypass.

Alternative treatment to clean the arteries is an option. Here, for example, the treatment is to use the substance EDTA to implement components of the paint away from the arteries. The molecules of this article you can enter around other molecules, cholesterol molecules, for example, and take them away. Called chelation therapy, however, there is controversy about the effectiveness of this treatment.