Homeostatic Imbalances of the Heart
The heart is a complicated structure full of ventricles, valves, atriums, and many other objects that all help us to live and breathe. When a person doesn't treat their body well, they can come to find that in turn, their body won't be able to function nearly as well as if they did treat their heart well. One of the most common heart diseases is Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
CAD is a result of lack of excercise and a poor diet. When a person doesn't excercise or get the right nutrition, then a condition called atherosclerosis happens. Atherosclerosis is when plaque builds up in your coronary artery and then causes blockages. If the built up plaque isn't taken care of, then the blood vessels could be come inflamed, causing the risk of blood clots and heart attacks to increase. When the plaques start to stick to the blood vessel's walls, they then cause other cells such as inflamatory cells, lipoproteins, and calcium that usually travel through the same way get caught and gives the blood a narrower and narrower section to travel through until there is no way it can get through.
Sometimes, a narrowed artery may develop new blood vessels to bypass the blockage to get blood to the heart. When exercise or incressed stress occurs, not enough oxygenated blood may reach the heart. When the heart doesn't get enough oxygenated blood, or an artery becomes clooged, a heart attack occurs.
This doesn't always happen in the heart though. When a blood clot is formed in the brain, an ishemic stroke can then result. If the blood vessel bursts from high blood pressure, then a hemorrhagic stroke can result.
CAD is a result of lack of excercise and a poor diet. When a person doesn't excercise or get the right nutrition, then a condition called atherosclerosis happens. Atherosclerosis is when plaque builds up in your coronary artery and then causes blockages. If the built up plaque isn't taken care of, then the blood vessels could be come inflamed, causing the risk of blood clots and heart attacks to increase. When the plaques start to stick to the blood vessel's walls, they then cause other cells such as inflamatory cells, lipoproteins, and calcium that usually travel through the same way get caught and gives the blood a narrower and narrower section to travel through until there is no way it can get through.
Sometimes, a narrowed artery may develop new blood vessels to bypass the blockage to get blood to the heart. When exercise or incressed stress occurs, not enough oxygenated blood may reach the heart. When the heart doesn't get enough oxygenated blood, or an artery becomes clooged, a heart attack occurs.
This doesn't always happen in the heart though. When a blood clot is formed in the brain, an ishemic stroke can then result. If the blood vessel bursts from high blood pressure, then a hemorrhagic stroke can result.