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can cause a stroke if it completely blocks the brain (carotid) arteries. Atherosclerosis can also occur in the arteries of the neck, kidneys, thighs, and arms, causing kidney failure or gangrene and amputation.
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How can plaque harm your health?
Plaque Can lead to Heart Attacks or Strokes. It is Caused when Plaque breaks away from an Artery wall, a clot forms and the Artery is blocked.
Is plaque build up a coronary heart disease?
Yes, the buildup of plaque in the blood vessels is called atherosclerosis.
What clogs arteries forming heart attacks?
Plaque clogs arteries. Plaque comes from a diet of fatty foods.
What behaviors can harm your lungs and heart?
What behaviors can harm you lungs and heart?
What can harm your teeth?
acid erosion, citrus acid, sugar, build up of plaque
Where is the most common location for plaque development?
Plaque in your arteries is very bad - it can contribute to clots, which in turn can cause heart attacks, loss of blood flow to muscles, or other health conditions. There is not one place in the body where this type of plaque is most common. Any plaque in the arteries, no matter where it is, can cause problems. Plaque closer to the heart can cause more fatal problems than, say, plaque in the legs.
Can someone tell me what the medical term proximal calcific plaque in the heart means?
The information you have provided doesn't specify where or what the plaque is being described. Is it in a blood vessel? Heart wall? Great vessel wall? Pericardium? Basically it means there is a elevated fatty plaque that has been there for a while and has hardened, quite near to the heart. Any further description would be speculation.
How does plaque effect teeth?
It eats up the teeth and it can cause heart disease/cancer. But grapes can get plaque out of yo heart too. Ps I am 17 and single I live in 112 Bay Harbor Madison AL I'm a guy and really sexy:]
How can the dentist prevent or increase a heart attack?
plaque buildup in the mouth and on the teeth can rot teeth, once these teeth become rotted the plaque travels down into the bones and eventually makes its way to atreries in our body. Once these arteries are clogged enoungh, we can have a heart attack.
What is a heart attck?
Most heart attacks occur as a result of coronary artery disease This disease is the buildup of plaque on the inner walls of the arteries leading to the heart. Eventually, a section of plaque can break open, causing a blood clot to form at the site. A heart attack occurs if the clot becomes large enough to cut off most or all of the blood flow through the artery.
What is a fatty plaque?
Fatty plaque is usually made up of excess cholesterol. This cholesterol begins to clog the arteries inside the body. In turn, one may end up having a heart attack.
What is the definition of heart disease?
When the heart becomes unhealthy from an unhealthy diet, or lack of exercise, it is less able to function correctly. Over the years the blood vessels may become clogged from plaque buildup resulting in Heart disease.
