| Arterio-what? Arteriosclerosis Obliterans, often | | | | earlier so as to avoid possible complications. |
| mispronounced and confused by ordinary people, is the | | | | If you already have it, make sure to follow the doctor's |
| formation of cholesterol-consisting plaques, platelets, | | | | instructions and medications in order to avoid the |
| fibrin and all substances in your arterial walls that | | | | condition getting worse. Special attention and extra |
| eventually, if neglected, lead to the hardening of the | | | | caution should be given if the person with |
| arteries and therefore block arterial (blood) circulation. | | | | arteriosclerosis also suffers from diabetes, because it |
| The following are the factors which can cause or | | | | tends progress more quickly than the usual in diabetic |
| influence a build up of plaque in the arteries:o | | | | patients. |
| Hereditary factors. If your family has a history of heart | | | | Blockage in the arteries, if a person has |
| attacks, you may be prone to have one.o The male | | | | arteriosclerosis, can occur in almost any part of the |
| population. Females are less likely to have it because | | | | body although it is most common in the legs. Once the |
| their hormones offer a certain degree of protection.o | | | | hardening becomes severe, it causes extreme pain |
| Smoking and High Blood Pressure.o High blood | | | | due to insufficient blood supply. |
| cholesterol levels. You should always have your | | | | It can be relieved by rest and be worsened by |
| cholesterol levels checked as a preventive measure | | | | continuous activity. If pain is still excruciatingly present |
| not just for arteriosclerosis but also for other diseases | | | | even when the person is resting, it means that the |
| caused by having high cholesterol levels in your blood. | | | | problem may be serious and if left untreated, can |
| These factors cause the deposition of | | | | cause amputation of the limbs to be the only treatment |
| cholesterol-consisting plaques and platelets within the | | | | left available. |
| arterial wall. Build up may be gradual at times, but there | | | | Advanced stages make the limbs cold, discolored, pale |
| is still a chance that the build up may increase and | | | | and have sores all over. Once infection sets it, the only |
| block or affect the narrowed opening. | | | | way to help save the life of the patient is by cutting |
| Knowing such, it is very important and strictly | | | | off or amputating the leg. It is a little uncommon for the |
| recommended that a person who has arteriosclerosis | | | | other parts of the body to be affected without the |
| follow a strict low cholesterol diet. Cigarette smoking is | | | | legs involved, and those whose legs are affected |
| also prohibited and should be stopped right away once | | | | have a much higher chance of suffering from heart |
| a person is diagnosed with the disease. | | | | disease, kidney and artery blockage, and stroke. |
| Always have your blood pressure and cholesterol | | | | Loving yourself means taking care of you. You have a |
| levels checked, especially if there have been a series | | | | responsibility to do what is best for your body and not |
| of heart attacks in your family. Monitoring your blood | | | | abuse it, so as not to suffer excruciatingly painful |
| pressure helps you more easily detect if you are | | | | consequences in the end. |
| prone to it and therefore take preventive measures | | | | |