Cholesterol and Triglyceride
Blood vessels are like pipes in charge of blood throughout the body. The length of more than 160 thousand kilometers. If the pipe is not kept clean and flexibility, many problems could come, including stroke and heart disease!
There are 3 series that can be made at least a healthy measure of our blood vessels:
1. CHOLESTEROL
Similar substances are very important wax to build cells and hormones, also protects the nerves. We recommend that cholesterol levels in our bodies is less than 200.
Consumption of foods high in unhealthy fats, such as organ meats, fried foods, eggs, and meat in excess, accompanied by a sedentary gidup style, can make cholesterol skyrocketed. If excessive cholesterol levels, will be buried in the blood vessels.
As a result blood flow is blocked, so the heart does not get enough oxygen, leading to increased risk of heart attack. If the interruption of blood flow to the brain occurs, can cause a stroke.
The risk of heart disease would be higher if accompanied by other conditions. For example: poor diet, lack of exercise, high blood pressure, diabetes, and so on.
The good news: High cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) can mostly be prevented and treated.Healthy diet, regular exercise, and a number of drugs available for lowering high cholesterol levels.
2. Thickened HEART MUSCLE
Blood pressure can also indicate the condition of our blood vessels. Which is often a scourge is high blood pressure or hypertension. This is a condition in which the size of the blood pressure 140/90 mm Hg or more. If the number of blood pressure around 120-139/80-89 mmHg, which is called pre-hypertension, should also be aware that the risk of hypertension.
Hypertension makes the heart work harder to pump blood around the body. This burden makes the heart muscle thicken and strain. Swollen heart will not be able to pump enough blood.Therefore, if untreated hypertension, heart failure can occur.
Hypertension can also be made to the renal arteries to thicken, so that only a little trash that can be filtered from the blood. As a result of kidney function could fail and trash piled up in the blood accumulate more. If the kidneys have failed may require dialysis, organ transplants and even kidney.
3. Triglycerides
In addition to cholesterol and blood pressure, there are other things that must be considered to maintain the health of blood vessels, namely triglycerides. One type of fat is the body responsible for providing energy.
When we eat, the body will change the unused calories into triglycerides and then store it in fat cells. If we always eat more calories than burning, the body will be excess triglycerides.
Normal levels of triglycerides in the blood is less than 150 mg / dL.
High say, if the levels were 200-499 mg / dL or more. High triglycerides contribute to the hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), thus increasing the risk of stroke and heart disease.
High triglycerides are also often associated with other conditions such as metabolic syndrome, kidney and liver disease, low thyroid hormone levels, and type-2 diabetes is not controlled.
There is one more, which affects the health of blood vessels, namely the condition of blood viscosity.
According to Drs. Aru W. Sudoyo, MD, Ph.D., from FKUI, public awareness about the syndrome gore is still very low. In fact, many victims of vascular disease, including stroke and heart disease, due to this gore syndrome.
This syndrome more severe if the person also has high cholesterol and smoking. To overcome this, patients are usually given a blood-thinning medication. It also recommended to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables, drink plenty of water, regular exercise, and reducing intake of foods high in fat and salt.
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