We can always hear about someone who has a heart attack, someone who has a heart attack.
But do you know how this blood vessel is blocked step by step?
Our sewer is blocked step by step, from the initial unobstructed, to the gradual accumulation of garbage, the thinning of the lumen, to the poor water flow, and finally to the blockage of the small water channel.
Our blood vessels are similar, but our blood vessels don’t go from 0% to 1%…50%…95%96%97% 98% 99% 100% blocked.
Our blood vessels, at the beginning, gradually go from 1% to 70-80%. However, when the vascular stenosis reaches 70-80%, in most cases, it is directly blocked to 100%, so many people fail to find it in time, and eventually suffer from myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction.
One, what is blocking the blood vessels
The garbage in the blood vessels is what we call plaque, or more accurately, “atherosclerosis.”
“Atherosclerosis” as the name implies, arteries are arterial blood vessels; atheroma is the appearance of porridge, referring to the shape; sclerosis is that these plaques are hard, referring to the texture.
It is these “atherosclerosis” that block our blood vessels.
Second, how did these atherosclerosis form?
Some people say that it is because of eating too much meat, some people say that it is not because of eating too much meat, but too much trans fatty acid, and some people say that this is caused by heredity.
Actually, the cause of our atherosclerosis is not the only one, and it is not said that the only one cause will lead to atherosclerosis.
For example, as we age, our blood vessels will harden, so increasing age itself is a high risk factor for blood vessel blockage. This is why most of the people we see with myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction are older people.
Of course, age is not the only factor, just as young and middle-aged people can also suffer from myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. Another factor is genetics. People whose parents have had a myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction in the middle of the year have an increased risk of myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction in their children.
But age and genetics, like the age of the sewer pipes and the quality of the pipes themselves, are factors that we cannot change.
We focus on the factors that can be changed.
After we are born, our blood vessels are smooth and elastic, but everyone’s lifestyle and habits are different, which is the main reason for whether our blood vessels will eventually be blocked. reason.
Under the same conditions of age and genetic factors mentioned above, if a person can live a healthy life, then his blood vessels will not be easy to block, or will not be blocked; if a person’s life is not healthy, then he blood vessels are easily blocked.
Two people of the same age and the same genetic genes, Zhang San has been eating healthy, balanced nutrition since he was a child. Nut dairy products. Zhang Si liked fried food, carbonated beverages, but not fruits and vegetables, high salt, high oil and high sugar. He liked various snacks, and later learned to smoke and drink.
Zhang Si’s lifestyle will accelerate and aggravate the formation of plaque in the blood vessels, that is, atherosclerosis. Whether it is eating and drinking, not exercising, smoking and drinking, obesity, staying up late and other unhealthy ways of living, any one of them will speed up the blockage of blood vessels. Then the more these factors, the easier it is to aggravate the blockage of blood vessels.
As a result, when he was 30 years old, Zhang San had no problems, his weight was normal, and he did not have three highs; Zhang Si had problems with blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipids, and he was obese.
At the age of 40, Zhang San was still in good health, without anyProblem; but Zhang Si not only had three highs, but also suffered from cardiovascular blockage, cerebral infarction, and hemiplegia.
Same age, same genes, completely different results because life is different.
Third, the second chance, Zhang Si did not grasp it
Actually, at the age of 30, if Zhang Si could find the problem in time and pay attention to the problem, if he could change his lifestyle, such as quit smoking and drinking, start a healthy diet, and start exercising , Control your weight, then vascular plaque will not grow so fast.
More importantly, when Zhang Si discovered hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, Zhang Si felt that it didn’t matter. Anyway, he had no symptoms, so he was unwilling to take medicine to control it.
The reason why the three highs are called the main culprit of cardiovascular blockage is because any disease of the three highs will aggravate and accelerate the blood vessel plaque, which will eventually lead to blood vessel blockage.
So we have been sparing no effort to popularize science, attach importance to the three highs, and control the three highs.
The three highs of 10 years, Zhang Si did not control well, which is also the main reason for Zhang Si’s final cardiovascular blockage.
Fourth, don’t miss the last line of defense
Most of the blockages of blood vessels are actually foreshadowing. Some people say that they are looking at the face, nose, eyes, and Yintang?
Of course not!
There are blood vessels all over the body, and blood vessels will theoretically be blocked, and the signs of blockage in different parts are different.
The cardiovascular blockage that we are most concerned about is actually angina pectoris; cerebrovascular blockage is a sign of stroke, asymmetry of limb strength, skewed walking, skewed mouth and eyes, etc. Severe carotid plaque, or atrial fibrillation, etc., are also signs of cerebral infarction.
Zhang Si had an unsteady walk before the cerebral infarction, but he didn’t take it seriously, and he didn’t go to the doctor until he was paralyzed and aphasia…
When the vascular plaque develops to 70-80%, the plaque may rupture under the stimulation of heavy smoking and drinking, strenuous exercise, staying up late, cold stimulation, high blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipids, etc. thrombus formation. 100% direct blockage from 70-80% stenosis.
So when there are symptoms, it means that the blood vessels are very severely narrowed.
Five, prevention is the key
Having said so much above, in fact, it is to say one thing, that is prevention.
We have made it clear above that the cause of vascular blockage, then seek the cause by treating the disease and removing the cause is the way to prevent it.
We need to learn from Zhang San, start a healthy life from a young age, eat healthy, keep exercising, don’t stay up late, and control our weight. These are the basis for preventing blood vessel blockage.
Let’s not learn Zhang Si, pay no attention to the three highs, and do not control the three highs. When we are adults, we should measure our blood pressure, blood sugar, and lipids every year to see if there are three highs. If we find three highs, we must actively and formally control them. Otherwise, the risk of blood vessel blockage is greatly increased.
Finally, whether we have cardiovascular plaques, carotid plaques or atrial fibrillation, regular treatment should be performed to prevent plaque rupture and thrombosis, which will block blood vessels.
In short, most of the causes of blood vessel blockage are caused by our own reasons, and we can also prevent blood vessel blockage by living a healthy life + controlling the three highs.