Friday, May 22, 2020

Cardiovascular disease

Keywords:

 Cardiovascular disease
 Obesity
 Statins
 Anticoagulants

Do Now:

Communicable diseases are caused by pathogens and can be spread between people. Examples
include: influenza, cholera, e. coli, as well as COVID-19.

Non-communicable diseases are caused by problems in your body and cannot be spread between
people. Examples include: coronary heart disease, lung cancer, as well as dementia.

Challenge:

The pills appear to be statins, which are used in order to lower cholesterol levels in your blood, and
they can be used to treat cardiovascular disease.

Main types of CVD:

CHD – Blood supply to l in the body)

Atherosclerosis begins with damage to the endothelial lining of an artery.

This causes an inflammatory response in the body and white blood cells arrive at the site.

The cells gather chemicals from the blood, including cholesterol which causes a fatty deposit known
as an atheroma to develop.
the heart is restricted
Strokes – Brain’s blood supply is cut off
Peripheral arterial disease – Blockage in arteries (usually legs)
Aortic disease – conditions which affect the aorta (largest blood vessel)
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Treatments Evaluate the treatments

Lifestyle changes Advantages:

 Relatively cheap
 Doesn’t require a lot of work to
accomplish

Disadvantages:

 May take a long time for any progress to

be made
 Not as drastic and effective as other
solutions
 Harder to do than other methods