Carotid Artery Disease, Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

 Carotid Artery Disease, Symptoms, Causes and Treatment 


Carotid arteries are major artery around our neck; there are two carotid arteries around our neck which supplies the blood to our head from the body.

These arteries are divided into two parts internal and external, internal arteries provide the blood supply to the brain, when these arteries become narrowed it results in disease called carotid artery disease or carotid artery stenosis.

When carotid arteries get blocked or narrowed it can result in the stoppage of blood flow to the brain, this stoppage of blood flow can result in life-threatening conditions like stroke. In some conditions this carotid arteries may form an aneurysm which when gets burst again can cause stroke.

Blockage and narrowing in carotid arteries is also called as carotid artery atherosclerosis, which is a result of plaque build-up in blood vessels resulting the narrowing. Plaque, fat or cholesterol build up can cause fully or partial narrowing of the blood vessels.

This condition of carotid artery is very serious kind of which requires timely intervention reason being if not treated it can treat stroke, for the treatment of carotid artery disease in Delhi NCR  you can get consultation from the best interventional radiologist in Delhi NCR 

Symptoms

This condition doesn’t show any physical symptoms till the arrival of stroke or diagnosed only after the on-set of stroke. It can cause both mini TIA stroke or major stroke (ischemic stroke)

Symptoms of ischemic stroke are listed below:

·         Numbness or weakness in one side of body (in face, arm or leg)

·         Severe and sudden headache

·         Blurry or double vision in one or both eye

·         Sudden loss of balance

·         Dizziness or weakness

·         Trouble in speaking

A stroke can deprive your brain from the blood leading to fatal conditions and life-long disabilities.

Causes

·         High blood pressure, it can cause weakening of blood vessels around the neck

·         Obesity, we all know obesity is risk factor of many health conditions

·         High blood sugar, diabetes causes high level of sugar in our blood

·         Chronic alcohol or drugs consumption also affects our blood vessels

·         Old age, with aging our risk of getting atherosclerosis increases

·         High cholesterol levels, high LDL levels (bad cholesterol build up )

·         Sedentary life-style, staying physically inactive leads to many health issue

·         Smoking, if you are a chain smoker than your this habit can lead to damage to blood vessels

·         Diet, if you diet consist of fatty food mainly it can increase the bad cholesterol

Treatment

Endovascular treatment of carotid artery disease is one of the most effective methods nowadays. There are two types of treatment used by the interventional radiologist.

·         Carotid Endarterectomy: a surgery is performed with the help of microcatheter for the removal of plaque that is build up in the arteries of the patient

·         Angioplasty and stent placing: a stent is placed in the narrowed blood vessels to get it back to its original size.

These endovascular techniques of treating patient of carotid artery disease have saved many patients from the stroke.

If you are searching for carotid artery treatment in Delhi NCR then you can consider getting treatment from the interventional radiologist in Delhi NCR Dr. Arvind Nanda

                                                                                                                   

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