As if that weren't enough reason to stop using cigarettes, here's another: smoking lowers your levels of HDL cholesterol and
damages blood vessel walls.
It can
also damage blood vessels, possibly leading to kidney failure or blindness, or triggering the formation of plaque that can cause heart attack or stroke.
Vitamin B12 is needed by the body to convert homocysteine, a chemical that can
directly damage blood vessel walls, into other benign chemicals.
This line of investigation could eventually lead to artificial blood vessels, grown with patients» own cells or «off the shelf,» or biological / pharmaceutical treatments that promote the regeneration
of damaged blood vessels.
The most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness is diabetic retinopathy, which is caused by elevated blood sugar
levels damaging the blood vessels of the retina and affects approximately 7.7 million Americans.
Specifically, eating meat or fish cooked at high temperatures, over an open flame, or well - done in general all seem to be linked to a higher chance of hypertension, which can
eventually damage blood vessels and lead to a heart attack or stroke, along with other issues.
Early observations suggesting that the virus might attack cancer in part
by damaging blood vessels that feed tumor growth led the SillaJen team to strike up a collaboration with McDonald, an expert in tumor vasculature, to investigate the virus's mechanism of action in animal models.
Professor Tofler added: «Possible reasons for why respiratory infection may trigger a heart attack include an increased tendency towards blood clotting, inflammation and
toxins damaging blood vessels, and changes in blood flow.»
Moreover, a substantial increase in circulating endothelial progenitor cells, which
repair damaged blood vessels, was noted after consuming bread made from the ancient grain Verna.
When endothelial cells are surrounded by a supportive gel and implanted into mice
with damaged blood vessels, they become part of the animals» blood vessels, surviving for more than 10 months.
High blood levels of creatinine almost always suggest a kidney disease, most often
including damaged blood vessels, infections or death of cells caused by toxins.
«High blood pressure
damages blood vessels throughout the body, making them more susceptible to developing clots,» says Lewis Morgenstern, MD, director of the University of Michigan Stroke Program.
Many microwave popcorn brands are packed with trans fats, which have been commonly linked to hurting your heart by increasing inflammation and
damaging blood vessel linings, but they wreak havoc on your brain, too, by harming brain function and memory.
Insulin in
excess damages blood vessels directly, ironically we get plaques to try to repair the damage, let's rip off the bandages and ignore the cause and proclaim ourselves treated!
Curcumin has been attributed with extraordinary benefits for heart health, including an ability to lower cholesterol levels and prevent the oxidation of cholesterol in the body, thus preventing cholesterol
from damaging blood vessels.
This is because chronic elevated glucose
levels damage blood vessels, placing a diabetic or pre-diabetic at higher risk for heart disease, peripheral vascular disease (leading to loss of feet and legs), stroke and blindness from weak blood vessels in the eye.
At high levels, homocysteine, which can
directly damage blood vessel walls, is considered a significant risk factor for heart attack or stroke.
Breast or Nipple Damage: Any trauma to your breasts or nipples from your baby, a breast pump, or an injury can
damage the blood vessels in your breast causing blood to leak into the milk ducts and your breast milk.
One possible mechanism for this is that
inflammation damages the blood vessels, and in the process of repairing the damage, the inner diameter of the vessel is decreased, leading to increased blood pressure
Other research has found that avocados reduce low - density lipoprotein — a carrier for cholesterol in the body that is subject to peroxidation —
which damages the blood vessel walls.
A diet high in saturated and trans fats and low in antioxidants can
damage blood vessel walls to cause an immune response related to inflammation and the development of cardiovascular ailments.8, 9,10 Low - grade inflammation in older individuals has been shown to contribute to fat accumulation, insulin resistance, and inflammatory - related diseases.11
The hemangioblasts turned up in
the damaged blood vessels, and mice that received them survived heart injury in twice the numbers of control mice, the group reports.
Such antibodies, when attached to DNA in complexes, get lodged in the walls of arteries and in tissues to cause inflammation that
damages blood vessels, skin, joints and the kidneys as part of the most severe type of lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
In this procedure, the doctor inserts a small, medical balloon into
the damaged blood vessels, and then inflates and removes it.
These factors, which can include a high - salt diet, stress, and a naturally overactive sympathetic branch of the nervous system, spur an initial increase in blood pressure that
damages blood vessels.
Years of high blood sugar can
damage blood vessels in the retina, leading to diabetic retinopathy.
In this vascular - decline hypothesis, the amyloid cascade is thought to be a consequence of
the damaged blood vessels and only part of the process contributing to Alzheimer's.
These drugs have been found to increase oxidative stress (a type of cell damage), impair the body's ability to digest fat and
damage blood vessels.
Sewing and stapling people back up is often painful, can introduce infection and sometimes causes a fair amount of damage — puncturing deep into tissue and
damaging blood vessels.
Treatment of diabetes involves lowering blood glucose and the levels of other known risk factors that
damage blood vessels.
An eye injection with drugs that help to slow vision loss by reducing the availability of excess VEGF protein (thus, cutting off the growth of leaky,
damaging blood vessels).