This is a medical term that shows the condition of the blockage of the arteries and stops them from their functions. It is considered a serious disease. It is caused by the accumulation and deposition of lipids and is oxidized through the arterial wall. This causes them to interact with these fats and cause a combination of platelets and some fibrous substances Causing the narrowing of the arteries, and over time accumulate these fatty substances and become dense and make the arteries lose flexibility, which leads to the obstruction gradually and cause the passage of blood and oxygen through the artery of the organ that feeds, and if this artery may lead to the death of the member fed by this Which can lead to cardiac arrest and can be treated with surgical intervention and expansion of the artery.
Symptoms of atherosclerosis
- Feeling of pain in the chest area due to lack of blood vessels leading to the heart muscle.
- There is a difference in blood pressure measurement between the pressure of the forearm of the upper limbs and pressure in the lower leg.
Causes of atherosclerosis
- High levels of cholesterol and accumulation of calcium in the blood, because of the excessive intake of foods containing animal fats such as municipal obesity and butter in addition to the cream, and this causes atherosclerosis.
- Lack of exercise and lack of movement, and sleep after eating, these things cause stress in the heart muscle, leading to heart attacks.
- A marked rise in high blood pressure, and this high pressure causes atherosclerosis.
- Smoking is the most common cause of atherosclerosis.
- Frequent tension, nervous tension and intellectual effort continuously.
- Excess weight, obesity and obesity, which have a direct role in the development of heart disease and atherosclerosis.
- Some genetic factors have an important role in atherosclerosis.
- Diabetes .
Places of atherosclerosis
- In the heart, causing some heart disease.
- In the brain, where atherosclerosis causes stroke.
- In extremities such as legs, where atherosclerosis causes poor circulation or may lead to gangrene.
- In the intestine, where atherosclerosis causes the death of parts of the intestine.