Arteriosclerosis

Hardening of the arteries, a medical term given to the case of gathering and the accumulation of fatty material along the walls of the arteries of the body. Those materials that over time become dense and strong narrowing of the arteries causing blockage and possibly leading to poor blood flow through this artery, which is fed by the artery leads to the weakness of vitality and function of this member.But if there is complete blockage of the artery, this leads to the death of the member or that part of it based on this artery such as a death of part of the heart muscle due to clogged coronary artery, which feeds this muscleIn some cases, kills the accumulation of fat on the walls of the arteries to the weakness of the artery wall and thus torn and bleeding such as bleeding that occurs in the brain causing a stroke in the elderly. In other cases, result in the accumulation of fat on the walls of the arteries to the separation of small portions of these accumulations and transfer across the blood-date clogged arteries in other small and thus a clot in a place far from the source of the clot.


Causes hardening of the arteries and enablers to happenHardening of the arteries of the common problems that affect the arteries where they accumulate in fat and cholesterol on the walls of these arteries. It happens to everyone within the syndrome of aging and old age, but there are reasons and factors lead to early and severe atherosclerosis and therefore occurrence of complications and their consequences at an early age of human life, and these factors and the reasons that lead to hardening of the arteries as follows:

    Smoking

    Obesity or weight gain

    Increased fat and cholesterol in the body

    The lack of sport and physical exercise

    Diabetes

    High blood pressure