I-atherosclerosis

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Isifinyezo

I-atherosclerosis yisifo lapho uqweqwe lukhula khona ngaphakathi emithanjeni yakho. I-plaque yinto enamathelayo eyenziwe ngamafutha, i-cholesterol, i-calcium nezinye izinto ezitholakala egazini. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uqweqwe lukhuni futhi lunciphise imithambo yakho. Lokho kunciphisa ukugeleza kwegazi eligcwele umoya-mpilo emzimbeni wakho.

I-atherosclerosis ingaholela ezinkingeni ezinkulu, kufaka phakathi

• Isifo semithambo yegazi. Le mithambo inikeza igazi enhliziyweni yakho. Lapho zivinjelwe, ungahlushwa i-angina noma isifo senhliziyo.
• Isifo semithambo yeCarotid. Le mithambo inikeza igazi ebuchosheni bakho. Uma zivinjelwe ungathola isifo sohlangothi.
• Isifo semithambo yegazi. Le mithambo isezingalweni, emilenzeni nasesinqeni. Uma zivinjelwe, ungahlushwa ukundikindiki, ubuhlungu futhi kwesinye isikhathi ukutheleleka.

I-atherosclerosis imvamisa ayibangeli zimpawu ize inciphise noma ivimbe ngokuphelele umthambo. Abantu abaningi abazi ukuthi banayo kuze kube yilapho benesimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha.

Ukuhlolwa ngokomzimba, i-imaging, nezinye izivivinyo zokuxilonga kungasho ukuthi unayo. Imithi inganciphisa intuthuko yokwakhiwa kwamapuleti. Udokotela wakho futhi angancoma izinqubo ezifana ne-angioplasty ukuvula imithambo, noma ukuhlinzwa emithanjeni ye-coronary noma ye-carotid. Izinguquko zokuphila nazo zingasiza. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukulandela ukudla okunempilo, ukuvivinya umzimba njalo, ukugcina isisindo esinempilo, ukuyeka ukubhema, nokulawula ukucindezeleka.

I-NIH: I-National Heart, Lung, ne-Blood Institute