Atherosclerotic vascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, etc., caused by diet, mood, living habits and genetic factors, are becoming more and more common.
Worldwide, the death rate caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases remains high. The World Health Organization reports that cardiovascular diseases have become the world’s leading cause of death.
Everyone hopes to live a long and healthy life, and having a set of young and healthy blood vessels is the cornerstone to ensure the quality of life.
Listen to the advice given by Dr. Yu.
Don’t let chronic diseases and bad habits accelerate blood vessels [aging]
Vascular network is one of the most complex systems in our body. It will grow longer and thicker as we grow and develop, and will also age as we grow older.
Some studies have found that in childhood, small fat stripes will appear on the inner wall of arterial blood vessels.
This kind of lipid streak is formed by depositing lipid substances in blood on the wall of blood vessels. It does not directly cause arteriosclerosis and is calmly embedded in the inner wall of blood vessels.
With the increase of age, fat lines will gradually develop into fibrotic plaques and unstable plaques.
On the one hand, it will scleroze the blood vessels; On the other hand, it will also encroach on the space in the pipeline and narrow the blood vessels. At this time, it is what we often hear about [atherosclerosis].
Moreover, this change will occur in more and more places, such as aorta, cardiac coronary artery, cerebral artery, renal artery…
For most people, this process takes at least 30 years.
However, poorly controlled bad living habits such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity and smoking will accelerate the process.
By contrast, do you have these risk factors?
The following are some common risk factors for vascular atherosclerosis, which may be compared first:
- Love to eat convenience food, sweet food, fried food less eat fruits and vegetables, lack of exercise, smoking, blood pressure, blood lipid and blood sugar, beyond the normal range of relatives suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, emotional depression or easy fluctuation, chest tightness, asthma, numbness of limbs, frequent dizziness and other conditions after exercise
The more the above eight conditions are met, the more attention will be paid to the health of blood vessels.
At present, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are showing a trend of rejuvenation. Some people are only in their 30s and 40s, and they have arteriosclerosis, even stroke and myocardial infarction. The health status of blood vessels is not as good as that of friends in their 50s and 60s.
Why?
As mentioned earlier, not paying attention to one’s blood pressure, blood lipid and blood sugar and forming bad living habits will all contribute to the aging of blood vessels.
How are my blood vessels?
Most arteries have no symptoms when atherosclerosis begins.
Before cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases occur, few people will feel that their blood vessels are aging.
Therefore, it is of certain significance to monitor the degree of angiosclerosis.
Usually, the part where symptoms have appeared will be examined to understand the vascular condition there.
For example, coronary artery angiography is a means for patients with coronary heart disease, and dizzy friends will be advised to do carotid artery ultrasound. In addition to examination, doctors will also predict the occurrence of arteriosclerosis according to body mass index, age, smoking, blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid indicators, etc.
Knowing these 6 moves, it is not difficult to keep blood vessels young.
Some friends who exceed the standard need to use antihypertensive, lipid-lowering and thrombotic drugs according to the doctor’s advice.
If symptoms have already appeared due to vascular blockage, minimally invasive surgery may be required to open the narrow blood vessels to ensure blood flow. As is often heard, cardiac stents.
Of course, prevention is always the best choice!
Not only elderly friends, middle-aged people and even young people should also pay attention to protecting blood vessels from all aspects of life.
How? It is also simple to say, nothing more than the following six points:
- Actively control the [three highs] regular exercise low salt and low fat diet, fruits and vegetables to sufficient regular medication, do not misuse folk prescription resolutely quit smoking regular physical examination
In fact, the popularization of vascular protection knowledge has been carried out for many years and has been effective in reducing the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. I believe everyone knows these points mentioned above.
The reason why we have to stress it again and again is that it is simple to say and not easy to do.
However, we need to form such awareness and stick to it for a long time to form healthy and good habits.
I hope that Dr. Clove’s frequent reminders can make readers and friends pay attention to their own blood vessels and attract attention. Let health be no longer just a blessing, but a reality.