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Arteriosclerosis
10 min read
Also known as: arterial calcification · vascular calcification · hardening of the arteries · arterial hardening · vascular deposits · calcified arteries · hardening of the veins · blocked arteries · vascular aging
Your Body Is Speaking
Your arteries are narrowing. Slowly, imperceptibly, over years. Calcium and fat are depositing along the inner walls of your blood vessels, layer by layer, like sediment in a riverbed that barely carries water anymore. What were once wide, elastic channels becomes rigid and narrow. Your blood — your life stream — can no longer flow through unimpeded. Organs, tissue, your brain, your heart: they receive less of what they need.
Medically, arteriosclerosis is a chronic vascular disease and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Risk factors like blood lipid levels, high blood pressure, smoking, and lack of movement are well documented. But the question BodySignal asks goes deeper: Why does your system harden and narrow? What is happening in your life that the stream no longer flows?
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