Arteries are the most important veins in our body. They work as a pipe line to transport blood from the heart and towards different body parts. With every pumping action of heart the blood flow is passed into the artery from there it is taken to various body parts. These veins have a very thin wall made of muscles and tissues. Our diet has many unwanted particles such as fat, some poisonous elements through smoking etc. which lead to accumulation Antioxidants (In French antioxydants) of cholesterol and other harmful components inside the walls of arteries causing a blockage in the blood flow.
This is not a sudden process; it is a accumulative process and is very slow. Most of the times it goes unnoticed for many years and once the level of accumulation is beyond the permissive level, then it causes various problems to our body such as high blood pressure due to weakened blood supply, where the heart needs to pump harder to push the blood to designated places. This cause also leads to various other complications such as burning sensation in heart, stomach, higher fatigue and so on. This whole scenario leads to a very much painful phenomenon due to less blood supply. Sometimes the blockage gets broken into pieces which completely blocks the artery and leads to massive heart attack(crise cardiaque). There are various factors which lead to this case, they include heredity, when someone from immediate family has had suffered from this ailment, smoking, in- take of high cholesterol diet, higher blood pressure due to stress, growing age etc. This whole scenario is called arteriosclerosis(l’artériosclérose).
The treatments for this ailment is not so complicated which may include blasting the cholesterol particles away from the artery or undergo an open heart surgery. Depending on the percentage of blockage the doctors determine the course of action and treatment. Drugs and diets are administered after the immediate action taken. These actions and drugs are also accompanies with regular exercise and balanced food. A combination of these factors leads to keep heart healthy and fit. Arteries are the soul of heart and a proper care should be taken for preventing any damage to heart and in turn to our body. Controlling the intake of high cholesterol diet should be avoided as much as possible. Stress is another factor which imbalances our body cycle. We should refrain from toiling our brain and body by taking excessive stress.
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