A healthy cholesterol level can be measured. Cholesterol is measured in milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL). Once you know your total cholesterol level, then you need to go further and find out what is your HDL or "good" cholesterol level and the resulting ratio will determine your risk factor and what is the advisable course of action to achieve optimum levels.
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is what happens when deposits of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium and other substances build up in the inner lining of an artery. This buildup is called plaque. Atherosclerosis usually affects large and medium-sized arteries. Some hardening of arteries (atherosclerosis) often occurs when people grow older.
Atherosclerosis Plaques
Atherosclerosis causes some plaques that can grow large enough to reduce the blood's flow through an artery significantly. Most of the damage occurs when they become fragile and rupture. If they rupture they can cause blood clots to form that can block blood flow or break off and travel to another part of the body. If this happens and blocks a blood vessel that feeds the heart, it causes a heart attack. If a blood vessel that feeds the brain is blocked, it causes a stroke. And if blood supply to the arms or legs is reduced, atherosclerosis can cause difficulty walking and eventually gangrene.
Symptoms Of Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis often shows no symptoms until flow within a blood vessel has become seriously compromised. Typical symptoms include chest pain when a coronary artery is involved, or leg pain when a leg artery is involved. Sometimes symptoms of atherosclerosis occur only with exertion. In some people, however, they may occur at rest.
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Atherosclerosis is what happens when deposits of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium and other substances build up in the inner lining of an artery. This buildup is called plaque. Atherosclerosis usually affects large and medium-sized arteries. Some hardening of arteries (atherosclerosis) often occurs when people grow older.
Atherosclerosis Plaques
Atherosclerosis causes some plaques that can grow large enough to reduce the blood's flow through an artery significantly. Most of the damage occurs when they become fragile and rupture. If they rupture they can cause blood clots to form that can block blood flow or break off and travel to another part of the body. If this happens and blocks a blood vessel that feeds the heart, it causes a heart attack. If a blood vessel that feeds the brain is blocked, it causes a stroke. And if blood supply to the arms or legs is reduced, atherosclerosis can cause difficulty walking and eventually gangrene.
Symptoms Of Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis often shows no symptoms until flow within a blood vessel has become seriously compromised. Typical symptoms include chest pain when a coronary artery is involved, or leg pain when a leg artery is involved. Sometimes symptoms of atherosclerosis occur only with exertion. In some people, however, they may occur at rest.
Read More at cholesterolbasics.info
Sunday, November 26, 2006
What Is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a fatty substance in blood that is essential to human life because it is instrumental in building and repairing cells, the production of sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, converting bile acids to aid in digestion of food and the production of vitamin D. Cholesterol is manufactured by the liver and other organs and consumed via animal fat. In the human body large amounts of it are found in brain and nerve tissue. .. Read More
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