Atherosclerosis AUA Plan What is Atherosclerosis What

Atherosclerosis AUA

Plan What is Atherosclerosis What causes Atherosclerosis prevention Atherosclerosis treatment Conclusion AUA

What is Atherosclerosis • Atherosclerosis – harding and narrowing of the arteries gets a lot of bad press but with good reason. • This progressive process silently and slowly blocks arteries, putting blood flow at risk. • What together are called – CARDIOVASCULAR disease. AUA

What causes Atherosclerosis • Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood from the heartthroighout the body. They’re lined by a thin layer of cells called the endothelium. • The endothelium works to keep the inside of arteries toned and smooth , which keeps blood flowing and • Begins with damage to the endothelium. High Blood Pressure/ High levels of cholesterol/ High levels of sugar in the blood/ AUA And so on

causes atherosclerosis AUA

Atherosclerosis prevention • Atherosclerosis is progressive, but it's also preventable. For example, nine risk factors are to blame for upwards of 90% of all heart attacks: • • Smoking High cholesterol High blood pressure Diabetes Abdominal obesity ("spare tire") Stress Not eating fruits and vegetables AUA

Ø Excess alcohol intake (more than one drink for women, one or two drinks for men, per day) Ø Not exercising regularly. Ø You may notice all of these have something in common: You can do something about them! Ø Experts agree that reducing your risk factors leads to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. AUA

Atherosclerosis treatment Medication Lifestyle changes AUA

Medication: Taking drugs for high cholesterol and high blood pressure will slow and perhaps even halt the progression of atherosclerosis, as well as lower your risk of heart attacks and stroke. AUA

Lifestyle changes: Reducing the lifestyle risk factors that lead to atherosclerosis will slow or stop the process. That means a healthy diet, exercise, and no smoking. These lifestyle changes won't remove blockages, but they’re proven to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes. AUA

Still some treatment atherosclerosis v The patient must get up, est, work, and go to bed at exactly the same time every day. v Must sleep not less than 7 -8 hours and walk before going to bed. v The diets correct: proteins, but fats and carbohydraetes limited doses. v Vitamins, improve the metabolic processes and bromide and valerian to improve its general condition. v So-called lipotropic substances, which prevent fat from accumulating in the organism. AUA

Conclusion Lifestyle changes!!! This yours life and thee live, so what think before what thet do!!! AUA

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