Damage to Your Arteries Damages Your Body

Damage to Your Arteries Damages Your Body

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High Blood Pressure Health Topic

High blood pressure pushes harder than normal against the walls of your arteries causing damage.

Some walls get thicker due to cholesterol and fat deposits called plaques.

?Plaques can cause many problems to the arteries, such as:

They may take up space in the tube, making it more narrow.
They may break off and get stuck in the tube. This can suddenly block the flow of blood to a specific part of the body (for example: a heart attack).

The stretch on the arteries also causes scaring, which makes them more narrow.

Less blood can fit through, so less blood reaches the body.

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