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What is cerebral atherosclerosis?



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Atherosclerosis is a disease of blood vessels,in fact ageing blood vessels.The blood vessels are hardened due to the development fatty plaques in their walls.These plaques injure the wall of vessels & cause the blood to clot within vessels.This is the underlying mechanism in a heart attack when this condition affects vessels that supply the heart musculature.Similarly when it affects a vessel in the brain,it is called cerebral atherosclerosis,which may lead to stroke.
when the arteries in the brain start to build up plaque.
Hardening of the brain's arteries.
atherosclerosis means deposition of fatty plaques in vessel wall,that may impede blood flow by itself or by facilitating clot formation.u have to be careful of signs like any altered sense over any half of the body.example,if u let a vessel to fall from ur hand without ur conscious it is an alarming sign to make u to meet a doc
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