atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries refers to the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on your artery walls (plaque), which can restrict blood flow. The plaque can burst, triggering a blood clot. Although atherosclerosis is often considered a heart problem, it can affect arteries anywhere in your body.
Symptoms of moderate to severe atherosclerosis depend on which arteries are affected. For example:
- If you have atherosclerosis in your heart arteries, you may have symptoms, such as chest pain or pressure (angina).
- If you have atherosclerosis in the arteries leading to your brain, you may have signs and symptoms such as sudden numbness or weakness in your arms or legs, difficulty speaking or slurred speech, temporary loss of vision in one eye, or drooping muscles in your face. These signal a transient ischemic attack (TIA), which, if left untreated, may progress to a stroke.
- If you have atherosclerosis in the arteries in your arms and legs, you may have symptoms of peripheral artery disease, such as leg pain when walking (claudication).
- If you have atherosclerosis in the arteries leading to your kidneys, you develop high blood pressure or kidney failure.
- Western medicine typically uses medications such as statins to treat atherosclerosis . If the problem is so bad as to block blood flow then various types of surgeries are done to remove the blockage. ?there are frequencies to treat the arteries and veins supposedly to get rid of the build up of plaques but I have no experience with it and don’t know how wel it works. But I would be willing to treat someone for free just to see how well it does work. I guess is that it would work best in the early stages of the disease.