Causes and treatment of arteriosclerosis

Arteries, like veins, play an extremely important role in the human body. Without arteries, our blood would not be able to reach all parts of the body smoothly. However, arteries are also very fragile. Once they become diseased, they can put patients' lives in danger. What is the cause of arteriosclerosis?

Causes

1. Main reasons

The most important causes of arteriosclerosis are high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and smoking. Other causes include obesity, diabetes, lack of exercise, stress, advanced age, family history, and bad temper.

2. Nutritional causes

(1) Cholesterol: Excessive intake of greasy foods and foods rich in cholesterol is the main cause of arteriosclerosis. Excessive cholesterol in the blood is one of the important risk factors for coronary arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

(2) Fatty diet. Daily diet generally contains a certain amount of fat. If you like to eat fatty foods and do not pay attention to the intake of other minerals, too much fat will be deposited on the blood vessel walls, inducing arteriosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases.

treatment

1. Dilate blood vessels.

2. Regulate blood lipids

If blood lipids are still higher than normal on the basis of a reasonable diet and moderate exercise, lipid-lowering drugs can be used.

3. Anti-platelet adhesion and aggregation

Antiplatelet adhesion and aggregation drugs can prevent thrombosis and the occurrence and development of vascular occlusive diseases.

4. Thrombolytics and anticoagulants

For patients with intra-arterial thrombosis causing stenosis or obstruction of the artery lumen, thrombolytic drugs and anticoagulants such as urokinase, recombinant tissue-type fibroblast lysate protease activator, and heparin can be used.