Atherosclerosis

may allow us to detect cardiovascular disease early. Symptoms including chronic leg pain, foot and ankle wounds that do not heal, are often a caused by the same underlying problem that causes heart attacks and strokes: atherosclerosis, or “hardening of the arteries.” Atherosclerosis is by far the most common cause of heart disease,…

as well. It gives chance for second hand smoke and other health problems to become more prompt. One of the major health problems though many are facing today is that of heart disease such as cardiovascular disease, Coronary heart disease, and Atherosclerosis. With these three types of heart diseases they are able to link together because of smoking and can cause a person to experience a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or even death.…

Rob hicks, “Having diabetes increases your risk of developing high blood pressure. . . because diabetes adversely affects the arteries, predisposing them to atherosclerosis which can cause high blood pressure.” Knowing that High blood pressure could be linked to diabetes by preventing the patient’s diabetes we can effectively aid in preventing high blood pressure as well because a lot of prevention taken for diabetes…

and that is atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a condition in which the plaque builds up within the wall of the artery. Plaque is able to build up in two ways. The first way It can build is inside the lumen causing occlusion (blockage) or outward. The slide also stated that the outward plaque is responsible to cause the most heart attacks in the United States. The tutorial 9B goes into depth of atherosclerosis. This is a Chronic disease that can start at an early age. Atherosclerosis is the…

is the better. In Johns result he has Total Cholesterol of 9.40 which is HIGH RISK, LDL of 5.6 is VERY HIGH RISK, HDL of 0.4 is HIGH RISK and Triglyceride level of 5.7 is VERY HIGH RISK of developing a heart disease. Q2. Chances of developing atherosclerosis in john smith condition increase with the number of risk factors…

Everyone is going crazy with cholesterol these days. Health officials in the United States recommends that everybody over the age of twenty year’s old makes a cholesterol test once every five years (Mercola, " The Cholesterol Myth That Is Harming Your Health"). But, what is cholesterol and why is it so important? First of all, some concepts need to be explained. Cholesterol is often mistaken with triglycerides. Both are types of lipids (fats) (Matters). Both are transported in the body by…

The cardiovascular system is an integral system responsible for maintaining homeostasis in the body. It is composed of the muscular pumping organ, the heart, and a closed system of vessels called arteries, veins, and capillaries. “A baby 's heart begins to develop at conception, but is completely formed by eight weeks into the pregnancy” (Stanford Children’s Health). As the heart reaches structural and functional maturation, it will involuntarily pump blood to the blood vessels to nourish cells…

system, principally cardiac disease, vascular diseases of the brain and kidney, and peripheral arterial disease. The causes of cardiovascular disease are diverse but atherosclerosis and/or hypertension are the most common. In addition, with aging come a number of physiological and morphological changes that alter cardiovascular function and lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even in healthy asymptomatic individuals. Heart attacks and strokes are usually acute events and are mainly…

thickening in the arterial wall called an Atheroma (or "fibro-fatty plaque"). Atheroma narrows the lumen of arteries and weakens the vessel wall. Atherosclerosis begins in childhood and slowly progresses throughout life. Typically, it produces symptomatic clinical disease during the fifth and sixth decades of life. The atheromatous plaque is a raised lesion within the intima of arteries composed of a core of cholesterol, necrotic cellular debris and inflammatory cells. This is covered by a…

There are multiple factors that contribute to the build-up of plaque in the vessels and in turn, the development of atherosclerosis (Silverthorn et al., 2009 p327). The disease attacks different arteries in the body, but the most harmful conditions involve damages to the vessels of the brain and the heart (Silverthorn et al., 2009 p329). Understanding of the structures and mechanisms that take place in the heart and the brain to allow for blood distribution is a critical component for anyone…