Atherosclerosis

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Atherosclerosis is a build-up of plaque, fat, or calcium on the walls of the arteries which blocks and hardens the arteries. This lessens the elasticity of the arteries and prevents the optimum amount of blood from flowing through them. This could end up blocking the blood flow if it is allowed to build up enough leading to a series of much more serious problems including heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases. Blood vessels consist of veins which send blood to the heart and arteries which send blood away from the heart. Atherosclerosis effects the arteries not allowing blood to travel to the parts of the body further from the heart. There is physics involved with this disease which will appear later in this blog.