Atherosclerosis Plaque Causes Heart Attack, Stroke and Numbness Symptoms of Low Oxygen

Atherosclerosis is the condition of plaque building up in your oxygen transporting blood vessels, otherwise known as your arteries. Cholesterol plaque narrows, or can even blocks, these arteries, leaving the area they serve dying for oxygen.

Heart attack, stroke or death results anytime the flow of oxygen is reduced or cut off to your heart or brain. Unfortunately, you may not realize you have this deadly plaque built disease until after one of these life threatening events.

There are three major artery blocking disease classifications:

  • carotid artery disease ~ plaque built up in the arteries supplying oxygen to your brain, leading to a stroke
  • peripheral arterial disease (PAD) ~ plaque builds up in the major arteries that supply oxygen to your legs, arms, pelvis, leading to numbness, pain
  • coronary artery disease (CAD) ~ plaque builds up in the coronary arteries which supplies oxygen to your heart, also known as heart disease, and leads to angina or heart attack

Atherosclerosis cause is unknown, but your chances increase for numbing development by living a lifestyle that is lacking in physical activity and healthy eating. And wouldn’t you know it that lifestyle change by way of increased physical activity and a healthier diet are the two main treatment plans for those suffering from atherosclerosis disease.

Atherosclerosis is the number one killer in the U.S., and its prevention is as simple as maintaining a healthy lifestyle. That’s it.

So get your body moving into the produce section to get your arteries delivering an oxygen healthy flow.

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