CONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS FOR VASCULAR DISEASE
CONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS FOR VASCULAR DISEASETRANSCRIPTYour healthcare team will help you identify your vascular disease risk factors and howto reduce them. Some risk factors can’t be changed. For others, you can make changesto lessen them.Controllable vascular disease risk factors include: smoking, high cholesterol levels,high blood pressure, diabetes, physical inactivity, being overweight, and stress.Let’s take a closer look at these…Smoking or using tobacco is bad for you. It hurts your entire body including your heartand blood vessels. Being around people smoking can also be bad for your body.High Cholesterol Levels…Your cholesterol level can increase your risk foratherosclerosis. There are good and bad kinds of cholesterol in your body. High levelsof LDL cholesterol and triglycerides help to form plaque. And low levels of HDL, thegood kind of cholesterol, can also increase your risk.Hypertension, commonly called high blood pressure…When you have high bloodpressure, it makes your heart work harder and can hurt your blood vessels.Diabetes… Diabetes can harm your blood vessels increasing the chance of plaquebuildup.Physical Inactivity…The heart is a muscle that needs exercise to stay strong; beingphysically inactive weakens your heart, making it work harder to do its job. Physicalinactivity also increases your chance for unhealthy cholesterol levels, high bloodpressure, or being overweight.Being overweight is another risk factor. Carrying around extra weight makes yourheart worker harder and puts pressure on your blood vessels.20% gradient meshAnd stress…Stress can harm your blood vessels and increase your chance for otherrisk factors.healthclipsWork with your healthcare provider to identify the controllable vascular disease riskhealthclipsfactors you have so you can make a plan to change them.healthclipshealthclips4% gradient meshThis program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, orsuitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.hc_ha_10224_98_en_t00002.pdf healthclips© Milner-Fenwick, Inc.5% gradient mesh
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