Sentences with phrase «causes fibrous tissue»

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Over time, persistent inflammation can lead to the formation of fibrous scar tissue in the liver and around its blood vessels, which can eventually cause cirrhosis.

Plantar fasciitis causes pain in the heel, due to irritation in the fibrous band of tissue that runs from the heel to the base of the toes.

In reality, atherosclerotic plaques are made primarily of fibrous tissue (68 %) used by the body to cover lesions in the artery wall caused by chronic inflammation.

When fat cells push up against the skin surface, the fibrous tissue that connects skin to muscle pulls down, which causes the appearance of dimpled skin.

Since collagen is a fibrous protein that provides a supportive structure for the body's tissues, the loss of collagen causes the skin to lose elasticity and allows wrinkles to form.

The friction generated from the undulations causes warming of the fascia, promoting the fascia to take on a more fluid - like form (known as the thixotropic property of the fascia), breaking up fibrous adhesions between the layers of fascia and restoring soft - tissue extensibility (31).

In dogs that are somehow able to withstand this virus, there is evidence of fibrosis or the growth of fibrous tissue which may cause complication in later life.

The cells responsible for the production of the fibers that makes this connective tissue are called fibroblasts, and if these cells are overactive, this can cause an abundance of fibrous tissue, resulting in a slow - growing mass near or on the skin.

This could result in the formation of fibrous or tough tissue, which causes your cat's urethra to narrow and make it more difficult for your cat to urinate.

The most likely underlying causes include alterations in the nervous influence in this area or fibrous replacement tissue in this location although electrolyte abnormalities, some medications, and inflammatory processes -LSB-...]

Nodules with fibrous tissue usually follow previous inflammation (hepatitis) or destruction of the liver although the precise cause is rarely known.

Over time, this causes resilient, fibrous scar tissue to form around the joint, which provides better stability in the long term.

Over time, HCM causes the heart muscle to thicken and become infiltrated by fibrous scar tissue.

Mass lesions within the liver are often identified on ultrasound examination and can represent an area of liver healing (or regenerative nodule in a damaged region), a change in tissue content caused by storage of glycogen (starch, common in dogs with Cushing's Disease described below), infections (abscesses), biliary cysts, chronic fibrous tissue secondary to chronic hepatitis, or benign or malignant tumors.

In some diseases, such as dilated cardiomyopathy in Doberman Pinschers or ARVC in boxers, cardiac muscle cells are replaced by fibrous (scar) tissue, fat, or fibro - fatty tissue, which creates an ideal environment to disrupt the normal electrical stimulation of the heart and cause arrhythmias particularly ventricular tachycardia.

This is especially important with older dogs, and those who are recovering from injury and / or surgery.By gently manipulating the soft tissue of your dog's body, our canine massage therapists work to reduce any build up of fibrous tissue adhesions that result from inflammation caused by a muscle strain, or a wound.

It also causes «changes in cells of the skin, fibrous tissue and blood vessels leading to premature skin aging... Another long - term effect is an inflammatory reaction of the eye.»