Diseases Associated with Obesity
Type Two Diabetes
The disease of Type Two Diabetes is the most common form of Diabetes and can occur at any age but mostly in people who are overweight or over middle age. Type Two Diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin and so the body is resistant to the insulin that is produced. Insulin is the hormone that helps your body use blood sugar and acts as a key which opens up cells to accept all the glucose that is required for a person to function. A person with Type Two Diabetes does not have the same sensitivity as a person without the disease and in turn the insulin receptors do not work in the same manner. High blood glucose levels can lead to many different diseases such as heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage. Daily physical activity and a healthy diet will decrease the chances of the complications that come with diabetes as well as the daily intake of medication prescribed by a doctor.
Hypertension
When a person has hypertension their blood pressure is consistently high even when a person is at rest. Blood pressure is essential for blood to move through our bodies bringing needed oxygen to our organs and muscles and carrying away carbon dioxide and waste. Blood travels a quite a long distance starting at the heart and that distance is 60,000 miles long, so 80 times a minute blood is pumped into and out of the heart muscle flowing into arteries branching out from the heart and then into smaller arteries called arterials. Blood makes its trip throughout the body and then into veins and soon after returns to the heart. A person pumps about 2,000 gallons a day throughout the body. If your heart pumps extra hard to move the blood through the body, this can take a horrible toll on the arteries. Normally arteries are rubbery but if the arteries stretch they develop groves on the inner walls of microscopic scar tissue which in turn develop diseases that could further damage the body.
The disease of Type Two Diabetes is the most common form of Diabetes and can occur at any age but mostly in people who are overweight or over middle age. Type Two Diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin and so the body is resistant to the insulin that is produced. Insulin is the hormone that helps your body use blood sugar and acts as a key which opens up cells to accept all the glucose that is required for a person to function. A person with Type Two Diabetes does not have the same sensitivity as a person without the disease and in turn the insulin receptors do not work in the same manner. High blood glucose levels can lead to many different diseases such as heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage. Daily physical activity and a healthy diet will decrease the chances of the complications that come with diabetes as well as the daily intake of medication prescribed by a doctor.
Hypertension
When a person has hypertension their blood pressure is consistently high even when a person is at rest. Blood pressure is essential for blood to move through our bodies bringing needed oxygen to our organs and muscles and carrying away carbon dioxide and waste. Blood travels a quite a long distance starting at the heart and that distance is 60,000 miles long, so 80 times a minute blood is pumped into and out of the heart muscle flowing into arteries branching out from the heart and then into smaller arteries called arterials. Blood makes its trip throughout the body and then into veins and soon after returns to the heart. A person pumps about 2,000 gallons a day throughout the body. If your heart pumps extra hard to move the blood through the body, this can take a horrible toll on the arteries. Normally arteries are rubbery but if the arteries stretch they develop groves on the inner walls of microscopic scar tissue which in turn develop diseases that could further damage the body.
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the conditions were the build up of waxy plaque builds on the inside of blood vessels, and hardens the arteries. What usually occurs is that the inner layer of the artery wall thickens, secondly the artery's diameter is reduced in size causing the blood flow and oxygen delivery to decrease. This in turn can cause the sudden formation of a blood clot. Atherosclerosis can cause a heart attack if it is completely blocked and the blood cannot flow freely. The plaque that forms is made of fatty substances, cholesterol, and the waste products from cells, calcium as well as fibrin. The causes of this condition are usually aging, high blood pressure or diabetes.
Atherosclerosis is the conditions were the build up of waxy plaque builds on the inside of blood vessels, and hardens the arteries. What usually occurs is that the inner layer of the artery wall thickens, secondly the artery's diameter is reduced in size causing the blood flow and oxygen delivery to decrease. This in turn can cause the sudden formation of a blood clot. Atherosclerosis can cause a heart attack if it is completely blocked and the blood cannot flow freely. The plaque that forms is made of fatty substances, cholesterol, and the waste products from cells, calcium as well as fibrin. The causes of this condition are usually aging, high blood pressure or diabetes.
Stroke
The condition of a stroke is when there is a sudden death of brain cells due to the inadequate flow of blood. Without blood flow the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the brain quickly begin to die. The cause of a stroke may cause paralysis, a coma, or sudden death. Having a stroke is extremely serious and is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Men have a much greater chance than women do at experiencing a stroke and about two thirds of people over the age of 65 experience strokes. Taking care of your body with good nutrition and proper exercise can decrease the chances of a stroke by keeping the heart healthy.
Heart Attack
A Heart Attack is the death of the heart muscle which is due to the loss of blood supply due to the blockage of an artery. In this case the blocked artery would be the coronary artery which supplies blood to the heart. One of the major symptoms of a heart attack is the instability of the muscle tissue of the heart which in turn causes extreme chest pain. Heart attack deaths are often caused by the patient being unable to reach the hospital on time and only approximately 90-95% of victims of a heart attack survive even after reaching the hospital. One way to treat a heart attack is to administer drugs soon after that dissolve the blood clots and open up an obstructed artery. Patients who have experienced a heart attack are usually hospitalized for several days and are under the close supervision of a physician.
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