Cholesterol - a substance that is produced by the body from food. It is useful and harmful. Useful cholesterol is involved in a large number of metabolic processes. A harmful is absorbed into the blood and, since the body does not know what to do with it, settles on the walls of the vesicles, forming cholesterol plaques.
What is dangerous cholesterol plaques?
To every person, it is necessary to treat cholesterol plaques as quickly as possible, since they can cause circulatory disorders:
- sharp;
- chronic.
An acute disorder occurs as a result of a sudden closure of the blood flow (in the heart or in the brain). This happens if the contents of the atheromatous plaque begins to exit into the lumen of the vascular and causes thrombosis. Also, it is not uncommon for a thrombus formed in another artery to come off and to reach an artery of a smaller diameter with a blood stream, where it gets stuck. In consequence of an acute disorder in a person, there may be a myocardial infarction, a brain and other organs (depending on the location of the vessel).
Chronic abnormality is a process in which the vascular system has suffered greatly as a result of sclerotic and degenerative changes and the blood flow has disrupted. At the same time, the way for blood is not completely blocked. That is, nutrition in the heart, the brain or other organs enters, but it is not enough for normal functioning. The result is:
- cardiac ischemia;
- senile dementia;
- encephalopathy;
- obliterating atherosclerosis;
- renal insufficiency.
Symptoms of cholesterol plaques
If there are cholesterol plaques in the leg sys- tems, the patient will constantly experience burning pains in the calves, convulsions during walking and a feeling of numbness in the fingers. If the blood supply to the lower extremities is insufficient, too, fast fatigue and pain in the legs may be disturbing even in a state of complete rest. In the horizontal position in the lower limbs, the pain sensations increase.
If there are cholesterol plaques in the carotid and other arteries, the symptoms can appear on the face in the form of small white bulges. Usually they are located in the inner corner of the upper eyelid. Such small plaques can be either single or multiple. If they are removed by themselves, they appear again, signaling a large number of cholesterol deposits in the vesicles.
Treatment of cholesteric plaques
To avoid problems with cholesterol plaques, you need to eat well. Limit the consumption of fatty varieties of meat, yolks of eggs, fat and butter. But is it possible to dissolve cholesterol plaques when they already appeared in the body? This is quite easy to do. First of all, to get rid of cholesterol plaques, you need to take such drugs as sequestrants, fibrates and statins. The most effective are:
- Zocor;
- Papaverine ;
- Mevakos;
- Eufillin;
- Mefakor.
These medicines:
- strengthen the vessels;
- infer good cholesterol;
- return elasticity and strength to the vessels.
As additional immune-supporting drugs, complexes of vitamins and fish oil are shown.
To quickly get rid of cholesterol plaques in the vessels, you need to follow a special diet. Patient is not recommended
- poultry meat;
- any seafood;
- fish;
- low-fat dairy food;
- fruits and dried fruits.
Use - exclusively natural spices (cinnamon, turmeric, ginger).
If the diet and medications do not help, the patient needs to undergo an operation - carotid endarterectomy or balloon angioplasty .