Atherosclerosis Causes Symptoms And Treatment

Atherosclerosis Causes Symptoms And Treatment

Arteriosclerosis is the condition or change in which hardening of artery takes palce, generally during advancing or old age, causing hypertension.

 Primarily, it is thickening of the intima of artery (internal coat of artery), which is usually associated with some degree of Atheroma. (In atheroma, there is deposition of hard yellow palques of lipoid in the inter coat of the artery. Atheroma may be related to high level of cholesterol in the blood, or excessive consumption of refined sugar. Sometimes, atheroma in the artery appears like buttons or Indurated tumours).

 Causes.      

 Advancing or old age, hypertension, hereditary factors, rise of cholesterol in the blood, excessive deposition of fat in the body, diabetes etc. are the general causes. Besides these, toxins that generated by some diseases like gout, typhoid fever, rheumatism and by other factors like alcoholism, over eating, over working and excessive deposition of calcaria salts in the artery, are the other causes for arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis is often followed by arteriosclerosis.

 TYPES     

 1. Renal arterio-sclerosis, for example -atrophy of the kidneys.

 2. Peripheral arteriosclerosis - (arterio -sclerosis of arteries lying outside of the heart)

 3. Cerebral arteriosclerosis There is dizziness, ringing in the ear, intractable headache, vertigo, shuffling gait, tendency to lean backward, rigidity of muscles, loss of memory, mental confusion and incontinence of urine.

 Arteriosclerosis is the cause of high blood pressure, as there is thickening and hardening of arteries with narrow holes-which offer resistance in the flow of blood, in other words, blood passes with pressure exerting on the inner walls of blood vessels. If this pressure is noted high or low then it is said to be high or low blood pressure.

TREATMENT

 1. FP6x, CP3x, NP3x, NS3x, KM3x

 4 grains dose in hot water for all types of arteriosclerosis:

 2. Arum. met. 6x, 30

In arteriosclerosis with violent pain in head, rapid, irregular weak, feeble pulse, sensation as if heart would stop beating or as if hot blood is passing in veins from head to extremities. Arterio-sclerosis due to syphilitic base in the family, patient is worse at night, be given for 2-4 months with gaps of 5-7 days.

 3. Baryta Mur, 3X; or, 30

In arteriosclerosis of old people with weakness debility, vertigo, - suffocative breathing after high blood pressure-of 200/120, ram. of mercury. Hard indurated, buttons like tumours along the length of artery, deafness, hardness of hearing, noises in ears, gone feeling at the pit of stomach with hot head.

 Bar-mur. 3x. 4grains dose in the morning and FP3x, KM3x, CP3x, NP3x, NS3x-4 grains dose in the evening. This treatment was repeated for about one years-with 10 days gap every month

 4. Baryta-carb. 30

Arteriosclerosis in old people, with high blood pressure, it acts best upon the inner coats of blood vessels or when they are distended, enlarged, dilated, (dilation or eneurysm) with fast pulse, palPitation, degeneration of brain and the nerves, resulting in weak memory, hardness of hearing, vertigo, noises in eares, glandular swelling constipation and frequent urging for urination.

 5. Crataegus. Q

5 drops in hot water, be used for long time in arteriosclerosis and degeneration of the hearts action and the power.

 6. Glon. 3X, 30

In arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, laborious, fluttering action of the heart with rush of blood to the heart after any little exertion -causing fainting spell. Throbbing sensation in arteries upto tips of fingers, throbbing, hammering headache with confusion, dizziness and vertigo. Headache worse heat, warmth of the sun, lying down on bed, better sitting up on bed, raising head over pillow or uncovering the head. Threatened apoplexy during raised blood pressure or during rush of blood to the head. Empty gone feeling in the stomach better by eating.

 7. Plumb. met. 30, 200

It is a useful remedy for the cure of arteriosclerosis, more useful in degenerative processes like atrophy of muscles, paralysis of the tissues and lower extremities, anaemia with deathly look of face, dilated veins of arms and legs. In arterial hypertension and in chronic interstitial nephritis (inflammation of the internal net work of the kidney, i.e.  more briefly, the inflammation of Nephron-it is a basic unit of the kidney, consisting of glome- rulus, bowman's capsule, convoluted tubules with loop of Henle-connecting them. This one unite, and other similar numerous units in kidney collect urine, which is further conveyed to the pelvis of the kidney for passing it out of the body.

 8. Secale. Cor. 3X. 30

In arteriosclerosis with stiffness of blood vessels, degeneration of heart walls causing great irritability in temperament, weak thin patient, with shriveled skin, thin scrawny (skelton like) old women, with cold body and numb extremities, but even then a patient can not tolerate any external warmth, better by cold air, cannot cover the body, as he feels great burning sensation in the body. Indurated, hard button like turners in various parts of the body.

 9. Strophanthus- 3X, 6X

In arteriosclerosis inflammation of the arteriole (a smallest artery leading into many small blood vessels, or capillaries) due to hypertension, or infection after injury.