I-atherosclerosis

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Isishwankathelo

I-Atherosclerosis sisifo apho i-plaque yakha ngaphakathi kwimithambo yakho. Iplaque yinto encangathi eyenziwe ngamanqatha, icholesterol, ikhalsiyam nezinye izinto ezifumaneka egazini. Ngexesha elide, i-plaque iyanzima kwaye iyancipha imithambo yakho. Oko kunciphisa ukuhamba kwegazi elinobutyebi be-oksijini emzimbeni wakho.

I-atherosclerosis inokukhokelela kwiingxaki ezinkulu, kubandakanya

• Imithambo yegazi. Le mithambo inika igazi entliziyweni yakho. Xa zivaliwe, unokufumana i-angina okanye isifo sentliziyo.
• Isifo semithambo yeCarotid. Le mithambo ihambisa igazi kwingqondo yakho. Xa zivaliwe unokuhlaselwa sisifo.
• Izifo zesifo semithambo. Le mithambo isengalweni, emilenzeni nakwisinqe. Xa zivaliwe, unokubandezeleka ngenxa yokuba ndindisholo, iintlungu kwaye ngamanye amaxesha usulelo.

I-Atherosclerosis idla ngokungabangeli zimpawu de icuthe okanye iyithintele ngokupheleleyo imithambo. Abantu abaninzi abazi ukuba banayo de babe nonyango olungxamisekileyo.

Uvavanyo lomzimba, imaging, kunye nolunye uvavanyo lokuqonda isifo lunokuxela ukuba unayo. Amayeza anokuyicothisa inkqubela phambili yokwakhiwa kwamacwecwe. Ugqirha wakho unokuphinda acebise iinkqubo ezinje nge-angioplasty yokuvula imithambo, okanye uqhaqho kwimithambo yegazi. Utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila lunokunceda. Oku kubandakanya ukulandela ukutya okunesondlo, ukwenza imithambo rhoqo, ukugcina ubunzima obunempilo, ukuyeka ukutshaya, kunye nokulawula uxinzelelo.

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