Can many people turn off cardiovascular plaques? Can vascular plaques disappear? How do I reverse vascular plaque? How to eliminate vascular plaque?
Today's case, it is worth taking a closer look:
The patient was 42 years old, with repeated chest pain 1 year ago, and was finally diagnosed with coronary heart disease and angina. Then a cardiac angiogram was done, and you can see that the yellow No. 1 blood vessel, which was severely narrowed by more than 98% at the time, was about to be blocked. This severe narrowing of blood vessels is caused by plaque, and angina cannot be controlled simply by taking medicines, including aspirin, statin, lol, mononitrate and so on. So this severe stenosis had to be solved by stents. After the stent is implanted, the vascular lumen returns to normal, blood flow returns to normal, and symptoms of angina are controlled.
Everyone is looking at this yellow No. 2 blood vessel, there are also certain plaques, which belong to moderate stenosis and do not need stents for the time being. However, if this moderate stenosis is not properly controlled, then the plaque will be aggravated, and even cause severe stenosis, and the stent may continue to be placed at that time.
More than 1 year has passed, the patient came to review, everyone look at this angiography, yellow No. 1 blood vessel, the original stent is unobstructed, there is no re-narrowing; yellow No. 2 blood vessel, the original plaque has shrunk, almost disappeared.
You must be wondering, how did he do it?
When he was given a stent last year, he was 42 years old, and he had already put a stent and a plaque on a blood vessel, telling him that if he didn't obey, the plaque would get worse, and he would even have to put a stent.
If you think about it at the age of 42, he put the bracket, and maybe put the bracket again, of course, he is very concerned, even scared. So at that time, I said that I must listen to the doctor's words, and the doctor told me to do whatever I wanted.
1. Successful smoking cessation:
He smoked at the age of 20, smoked for 20 years, and after the last stent, the doctor told him to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is easy to say, but there are still relatively few people who can actually do it. In the first 1 month of quitting smoking, he also had a withdrawal reaction, felt uncomfortable, drowsiness, and had no energy. Every time I want to smoke, I take out my own contrast report, look at my own vascular stents and plaques, and immediately don't want to smoke. After 1 month, I don't want to smoke, long-term smoking will significantly aggravate the plaque, smokers, than non-smokers, the risk of coronary heart disease is 1 times higher, the risk of sudden cardiac death is 2-3 times higher. After quitting smoking, the damage to blood vessels is reduced, then there is no worse plaque due to smoking.
2. Dietary changes:
Before putting the bracket, young people like to eat and drink, all kinds of fried, fatty, dessert, all day long to order takeaway, go out to eat and drink. Even if you eat at home, you like those with more meat and less vegetables. Since I put the bracket, I hardly order takeaway, and sometimes I bring food from home to eat overtime. In strict accordance with the doctor's requirements, low salt, low oil and low sugar, while reducing fine grains and increasing coarse grains. In the past, there were relatively few vegetables and fruits, and now they can take the initiative to ask for some vegetables and fruits. Long-term unhealthy diet, especially high salt, too much fine grain, insufficient coarse grains, insufficient fruits, insufficient vegetables, insufficient seafood, high oil, high sugar, such a diet structure will increase the three high risks, aggravate vascular garbage, that is, increase plaque accumulation. The changed diet is conducive to the prevention of three highs, and even to the metabolism of blood lipids, which is conducive to the control of vascular plaque.
3. Insist on exercise:
He never moved until he put the stand, and when he got home after work, he nestled on the couch until he went to sleep. Studies have found that the harm caused by sedentary inactivity is huge, especially increasing the risk of three high risks and vascular plaques. Since the stent was released, he listened to the doctor's advice and started exercising. At first, he was really uncomfortable, felt uncomfortable, uncomfortable, but whenever he couldn't stick to it, he would think that he had a stent in his heart, and there was a plaque on a blood vessel, if he didn't insist, he might have to put a stent later, so he gritted his teeth and insisted, and as a result, after 3 months, if he didn't exercise every day, he was still uncomfortable.
4, people are also thin:
It is precisely because he has controlled his diet and insisted on exercise, that is, everyone says that he has controlled his mouth and opened his legs, so his weight has also decreased from the original 170 to the current 140. I don't go out to eat and drink, I don't smoke anymore, I don't sit on the couch anymore, I don't stay up late, I'm thinner, and I look a lot more energetic.
5. Take the medicine on time:
Coronary heart disease must be used for a long time, and stents must also be used for a long time. He can follow the doctor's instructions, adhere to the regularity of taking medicine, a day does not fall, a meal does not fall, especially according to the doctor's instructions, regular review. Doctors say to lower LDL below 1.8, if possible to below 1.4. He took regular medications and kept LDL cholesterol below 1.4.
6. Regular review:
The doctor said that in the 1st month, 3 months, 6 months of re-examination, he can come to the blood test on time, do relevant examinations, and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment.
This is what he has done in the past 1 year, that is, the above 6 points, effectively ensuring that his blood vessels are unobstructed, the stent is unobstructed, the plaque is effectively stabilized, and the plaque is reversed.
Of course, it must be emphasized that most people's plaques are not easily reversed, or cannot be reversed. This case is still a minority, on the one hand, they are very self-conscious and self-disciplined, on the other hand, they are related to their own physique.
For the vast majority of plaques, the best result is that they no longer get larger, or they don't get larger rapidly.
Do the above 6 points, even if your plaque can not be reversed, you can effectively prevent the plaque from continuing to grow rapidly, is this not a good result?