Atherothrombosis
Disease information
Atherothrombosis
The aterotrombosis is
a
problem
that originates more than 55 million deaths to the year anywhere in the world according to the World - wide Organization of the
Health
, is to say that more than half of the deaths in the world they are related to this
problem
.
The
attack
cardiac
, the
infarct
to the heart, the
angina
of chest, the
cerebral
trombosis, the
cerebral
infarct
, the trombosis of legs and other
diseases
vasculares is to say caused by severe
circulatory
problems
, are manifestations of
a
single
disease
: the aterotrombosis.
This aterotrombóticos group of
diseases
or events, originates themselves by the accumulation of the fat in the arteries, which creates
a
"fibrous layer", that when injuring
itself
form
a
cork of plaquetas (as if outside
a
scab) and finally
a
clot that blocks the route of the blood towards organs like the heart, the head or the legs, causing of this form
a
aterotrombótico event in some of these zones.
Plaquetas, small cells and components of the blood are those that play
a
very important role in these
diseases
, that complications can be prevented and be avoided when they are taken care of on time.
The blood is composed by diverse types of cells:
the
red
globules that transport oxygen and nutrimentos to all the body, the targets which they defend the organism of
infectious
and tróxicos agents and plaquetas that is accumulated for "taponear" when there is some
injury
and avoiding the excessive loss of blood.
The blood constantly crosses the body by
a
network of arteries, hair veins and
glasses
,
but
to be able to do it and to arrive at
each
cell, weave and organ of the body, it must have certain texture and
travel
by clean channels that allow him to do it fluidly.
When through some reason, the blood cannot happen well between the blood vessels, can be originated two kinds of
problems
: or it forms trombo, which it is like
a
clot that the passage of the blood blocks and / or the blood does not arrive mainly by diverse reasons by the diminution of the thickness of the arteries by accumulated fat, to certain parts of organs of the body that when not receiving oxygen opportunely die causing
a
zone of
infarct
.
The aterotrombosis is the combination of these two
problems
:
the aterosclerosis, that is
a
disease
that is developed throughout the life and it must to the fat accumulation in the
arterial
walls by:
cholesterol
elevation and triglicéridos,
arterial
hypertension
, tabaquismo,
diabetes
,
obesity
and lack of physical
activity
and.
the trombosis, that is the formation of plaquetarias masses, that when attracting other chemical cells and substances increase of size and form sanguineous clots that
adhere
on this fat layer, making difficult plus the circulation of the blood.
The aterotrombosis, therefore is
a
disease
that it
has
very varied manifestations depending as large as the obstruction, the obstructed time and mainly of the part of the body that lets receive oxygen. Thus it is possible to be dealed with an
attack
cardiac
or an
infarct
to the heart, an
angina
of chest or even
a
Vascular
Event
Cerebral
isquémico: trombosis and
cerebral
infarct
or trombosis in the legs, among others.
The fat layer that is deposited in an artery knows like "aterosclerisis" and is separata of the blood by
a
cover of endotelio, call "fibrous capsule", that can be very heavy, in this case we have "a stable" fat plate, well separated of the blood.
But
if the fibrous capsule is thin, easily it can erode or be injured.
This
injury
in the fibrous capsule is detected by plaquetas as
a
"flight" reason why initiates the process to add
itself
and to form the plaquetario cork finally and
a
clot that the passage of the blood blocks giving rise to
a
aterotrombosis.
Depending on the affected area, there are several types of aterotrombóticos events that are:
cerebral
Vascular
Event or EVC, that originates one embolia, trombosis or
attacks
transitory isquémico.
peripheral
arterial
Disease
or EAP, that affects the legs mainly and it is pronounced with pain,
muscular
incapacity and later gangrene or necrosis.
acute
coronary
Syndrome
or SCA that can give to
origin
to an
infarct
of the myocardium or unstable
angina
.
IMPORTANT:
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charge
on its use.
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