5 suggestions to stay away from myocardial infarction, stroke, and "hardening of the arteries"!

Both blood vessels, like water pipes, will "age" and harden.

We often compare blood vessels to water pipes. Over time, blood vessels will become scaled, aged, hardened, and brittle. And our blood vessels will also "scale" and "age", but it is not scaling, but "atherosclerotic plaque".

Current research shows that people with diabetes, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, obesity, smoking, and alcoholism are more likely to develop "atherosclerosis," which is commonly known as "arteriosclerosis."

After plaque forms, the blood vessel wall becomes thicker and harder, and the diameter of the blood vessel becomes smaller, leading to stenosis or even blockage.

Friends who are concerned about health must know that myocardial infarction and stroke (cerebral infarction) are also caused by blood vessel blockage and organ ischemia. The blood vessels in the legs are blocked and leg ulcers may occur.

Hospital examination can detect "arteriosclerosis"

A friend often asks:

I feel a little uncomfortable. Is it "arteriosclerosis"?

My blood vessels feel a little stiff. Is it "arteriosclerosis"? Why don't you eat something?

Ordinary people are unlikely to detect "arteriosclerosis" by feeling and touching blood vessels. However, "arteriosclerosis" can be discovered through examination:

Chest X-ray: tortuous widening of the aorta and local calcification;

Color Doppler ultrasound of neck blood vessels: carotid artery intima-media Obvious irregular thickening, strong echogenic plaque, and uneven echo;

Enhanced CT angiography: contrast medium filling defects and lumen stenosis were found in the abdominal aorta, external iliac artery, and superficial femoral artery.

The "intimal thickening, calcification, and plaque" mentioned in these examination reports are also called "arteriosclerosis."

This is how to deal with "vascular sclerosis".

If the doctor has diagnosed "arteriosclerosis" through angiography, color ultrasound, and chest X-ray, attention should be paid to adjusting the diet, and drugs and surgery are required if necessary.

1. Adjust your diet and exercise appropriately.

Reduce the intake of animal fats and saturated fatty acid vegetable oils. Specifically, eat less fat, lard, bone marrow, and butter. Eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C and high in fiber.

Insist on exercising and ensure that you exercise 4 to 6 times a week for more than 30 minutes each time. Brisk walking, biking, swimming, and lifting dumbbells are all great ways to exercise.

2. Necessary drugs and surgeries

In addition to adjusting diet and paying attention to exercise, some patients with "arteriosclerosis" must also take blood-lipid-lowering, anti-thrombosis and other drugs as directed by the doctor. These drugs can stabilize the "atherosclerotic plaque" on the blood vessels and prevent the plaque from falling off, forming thrombus, and clogging the blood vessels as much as possible.

For some patients with severe "arteriosclerosis" or even blood vessel blockage, minimally invasive surgery may be performed to open the narrow blood vessels and ensure blood flow.

3. Listen to your doctor and have regular physical examinations.

Adjusting diet, moderate exercise and drug treatment can stabilize plaque and avoid plaque shedding and blood vessel blockage. However, these measures cannot truly soften blood vessels and completely prevent blood vessel blockage.

So, if the doctor clearly states that you have "arteriosclerosis", you must follow the doctor's advice and have regular physical examinations based on your own situation to detect the worsening of the condition as early as possible.

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Foods that soften blood vessels are unreliable.

Some friends may have heard of some foods that "soften blood vessels", such as onions, fungus, garlic, etc. Do they really "soften blood vessels"?

In recent years, studies have indeed found that unsaturated fatty acids (mainly oleic acid) in olive oil; allicin, sulfide, adenosine, etc. Lycopene in garlic and onions; lycopene in tomatoes has a certain anti-thrombotic effect.

But this does not mean that eating these foods can soften blood vessels, nor does it mean that eating these foods can cure arteriosclerosis.

For friends who have been diagnosed with "arteriosclerosis", be sure to follow the doctor's advice and have regular check-ups. Don’t think that “what you eat can cure arteriosclerosis.” The best way to treat "arteriosclerosis" is to adjust your diet and life and supplement with necessary medications.

Stay away from "arteriosclerosis" from now on!

No matter how effective the medicine is, no matter how minor the operation is, it is not as good as "preventing arteriosclerosis".

Although "arteriosclerosis" cannot be completely avoided, the following points can delay the occurrence of "arteriosclerosis" to the greatest extent.

1. Actively control the "three highs"

Research shows that hyperlipidemia, hypertension and smoking will seriously increase the risk of disease

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Whether it is active smoking or passive smoking, it will damage the vascular endothelium, cause blood hypercoagulation, and increase the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein, thereby increasing the risk of "arteriosclerosis."

3. Low-salt and low-fat diet

Ensure a low-salt and low-fat diet: eat less fatty acids and animal oils, such as animal oils, animal offal, etc.; eat less salt and ensure that the amount of salt per day does not exceed 6g, which is a bottle cap.

4. Don’t take medicine randomly.

All preventive and therapeutic drugs must be taken under the guidance of a doctor and monitored regularly. Indiscriminate drug use can cause harm to the body.

5. Regular physical examinations are required even if you are not sick.

Even friends who do not have "arteriosclerosis" or other diseases should have regular physical examinations to understand their blood lipids and blood pressure levels.