Atherosclerosis Causes Symptoms And Treatment
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.
