Deep in our bodies, the arteries are like a highway that transports blood rich in oxygen and nutrients to every corner of our bodies. There is, however, a sudden pathological change — the hardening of the artery — that poses an unwitting threat to these “paths of life” and affects our health.
The hardening of the artery is a complex and gradual process. It is caused mainly by damage to the vascular skin cells. Among the most common are “three-high” problems of high blood pressure, high blood resin, high blood sugar and bad living habits such as smoking. When the vascular skin is damaged, some substances in the blood, such as cholesterol, low-density lipid proteins, are used to accumulate within the vascular walls and form porridge specks. These are like “waste” on the vascular walls, which accumulate and grow over time, so that the vascular walls grow thicker, harder, and the vascular cavities become narrower, which is the process of corrosive strangulation.
The scalding of the artery may not have been visible at an early stage, and many do not even know that their veins have begun to undergo disease. However, with the development of the condition, there will be gradual symptoms. When porridge is hardened in the coronary artery, the blood supply of the heart is affected, and the patient may suffer from a heart ache, in the form of squeezing pain or suffocation in the chest, which usually occurs during physical activity or emotional agitation, when resting or containing nitrate glycerine. If the porridge scrutinises a clot, forming a blood clot, completely circulating the coronary artery, it causes myocardial infarction, which is a very dangerous situation, in which patients can feel severe chest pains, difficulty breathing, and may even endanger life. When congee is hardened in the brain artery, it leads to a lack of blood in the brain, and the patient may suffer from symptoms of dizziness, headaches, loss of memory, serious cases of brain infarction or brain haemorrhage, with severe consequences such as paraplegic, speech loss and coma. The sclerosis of the outer artery, such as the sclerosis of the leg artery, causes ischaemic blood in the lower limbs, and patients may experience leg pains, numbness, incapacitation and have to stop and rest while walking, i.e. intermittent limping, which can lead to lower ulcer, noma and even amputations when the condition is serious.
Doctors usually use a variety of methods for scrutinizing the diagnosis of artery. The first is a detailed inquiry into the patient’s medical history and whether the patient has a “three-higher” medical history, a history of smoking and a history of cardiovascular disease in the family. During medical examinations, signs of increased blood pressure and angiogeneity may be found. Laboratory examinations detect indicators such as blood resin, blood sugar and blood stickyness to see if there are anomalies. Image-based screening is an important basis for diagnosis, such as the presence of porridge plaque formation and the size, morphology, etc., in the carotid artery; coronary artery pictography is the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease, which can visually show the narrowness and variability of the coronary artery; and examinations such as the heart CT, MRI, etc., can also help doctors to fully understand the condition of the vessels.
The key to the hardening of the therapeutic artery is integrated intervention. The first is to actively control the risk factors, which in cases of high blood pressure need to be kept within reasonable limits by means of medication, dietary control and physical exercise, while those with high blood resin need to take degenerative drugs such as cartin and reduce the levels of blood resin, especially low-density protein cholesterol, and diabetic patients need to exercise strict control over blood sugar, which can be achieved through the use of diet, exercise and precipitation. At the same time, patients must stop drinking and change their bad habits. In the area of drug treatment, in addition to “three-high” drugs, anti-sphygmophylls, such as aspirin, chlorpelle, etc., may be used to prevent the formation of haemobolism. For some seriously ill patients, such as those with a narrower coronary artery, coronary intervention treatment, such as the placement of a stand, or a coronary artery by-pass transplant (heart bridging operation), may be required to improve heart blood supply.
Prevention of the hardening of the artery is essential. In our daily lives, we want to maintain a healthy diet that reduces the intake of saturated fatty acids, transfatic acids and cholesterol, and eats more of foods rich in vitamins, minerals and food fibres, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, nuts, etc. Moderate physical exercise enhances the body and improves the aerobics of blood vessels, such as a mid-intensity aerobic exercise of at least 150 minutes per week, such as walking, jogging, swimming, etc. In addition, care must be taken to maintain a good mindset and to avoid chronic mental stress and stress, as emotional factors can also affect vascular health.
Scrubbing an artery is a disease that can be prevented and controlled. Understanding the process of its formation, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment allows us to take better measures to protect our blood vessels’ health and to avoid the gradual “hardening” of the arteries over the years in order to protect our lives.
