Sentences with phrase «also damages blood vessels»

The excess sugar in the bloodstream also damages blood vessels and the brain.

Not exact matches

And Oxytocin doesn't just drive you to build up your social connections and, with them, your own resilience to stress, it's also a natural anti-inflammatory that pushes your blood vessels to stay relaxed and helps to heal any stress - induced cardiovasculatory damage.

Frostbite kills exposed skin but also damages deeper tissue by restricting blood vessels, preventing oxygen from reaching cells [see image above].

They also point out that the same mechanism found to cause damage to blood vessels in the eye may cause diabetic damage to the kidneys and nerves.

These conditions are associated with high blood sugar, which can damage the vessels that supply blood to vital organs and can also increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Experiments revealed that the cavefish also have constantly elevated blood sugar but don't appear to suffer the consequences people do, such as nerve and blood - vessel damage.

Because the new blood vessels (also known as choroidal neovascular membranes) can be so damaging, a wide variety of treatments have been tried to arrest their growth.

Diabetic nerve damage and blood vessel disease are usually the culprits, although blood - pressure - lowering medication, stress, and depression can also play a role.

The same blood vessel damage that can cause heart attacks, kidney, and eye health problems, can also affect your brain.

The researchers suggest it might be that the same things that damage blood vessels in the heart also damage microvessels elsewhere in the body.

Blood vessels throughout the body may also become damaged.

Not only does this ITC trigger anti-inflammatory activity in our cardiovascular system — it may also be able to help prevent and even possibly help reverse blood vessel damage.

Evidence has also been found that arsenic in drinking water can result in heart, nerve, blood vessel and skin damage.

There is also the underlying issue of inflammation and damage to the blood vessels, which I believe dietary changes will repair, but statins won't.

The endothelium lines the interior surface of all your blood and lymphatic vessels and is responsible to help with healthy blood clotting, inflammation, formation of new blood vessels, blood pressure regulation, repair of damaged organs and also working with your white blood cells.

In addition, the goal also is to protect your organism from damage from the high sugar spikes, such as damage to the blood vessels or kidneys.

In addition to the niacin it supplies, brown rice may also help raise blood levels of nitric oxide, a small molecule known to improve blood vessel dilation and to inhibit oxidative (free radical) damage of cholesterol and the adhesion of white cells to the vascular wall (two important steps in the development of atherosclerotic plaques).

Not only does this ITC trigger anti-inflammatory activity in our cardiovascular system, it may also be able to help prevent and even possibly help reverse blood vessel damage.

Still today, one of the most common and thoroughly researched uses of CoQ10 is helping protect the heart and blood vessels from the damaging effects of oxidative stress (also called free radical damage).

They are also very rich in vitamin C that helps to protect cholesterol from becoming oxidized by free radicals, thus preventing damage to blood vessels.

Protection of our blood vessels from inflammatory damage is also provided by the lignans in flaxseeds.

So, it is no surprise that we need these two amino acids to heal, not only gaping wounds, but also the microscopic damage done to blood vessels and other tissues in our body caused by inflammation and infection.

This analysis is important, because having too much of a particular vitamin is counterproductive and can also lead to a number of problems, such as dehydration, excess calcium that affects the bones, loss of appetite, damage to blood vessels, etc..

However, there are also high chances that without treatment the affected dog will continue to get infested with more heartworms, and in the meantime, inevitably, irreversible damage to the heart and blood vessels will occur.

Parasites of such considerable size located in such a vital area do very serious damage, not only to the heart but also to the lungs and the surrounding major blood vessels.

It can also cause other problems, too, such as injuries to the trachea and esophagus, injuries to blood vessels in the eyes, neck sprains, nerve damage, fainting, transient paralysis and even death.

Heartworms damage not only the heart and the major blood vessels which surround it, but also the lungs.

By their physical presence, they cause harm in two ways: they block the normal forward flow of blood, causing an excessive workload on the heart, and they also damage the inner lining of the blood vessels, which gives rise to blood clots that cut off circulation to parts of the lungs.

Curcumin can also help prevent blood vessel problems that can result in cardiovascular disease, and it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect tissues from free radicals that can cause damage.

There are also bruises, hematomas, and crushing injuries which damage the cells and blood vessels.

The elevated blood pressure is also responsible for damaging the small blood vessels in your kidney and hence affects the blood supply to your kidney.