Is Atherosclerosis contagious?
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Etiology(cause) of atherosclerosis is theorized to be damage to the blood vessel inner layer which is called endothelium.  This can happen in "normal" person (those with no obvious disease/health problems) - though hypertension can contribute to increased likelihood of damage.  On top of this the blood contains much fatty stuff (cholesterol etc) which gets deposited on the injury site.  So there's no agent that spreads from a diseased person to another, blood transfusion might be an artificial way to contract the "risk factors" but this is insignificant and wouldn't make it contagious
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Eczema is not contagious and people can therefore not “catch” eczema.\n \nEczema, like many other skin conditions, can become infected with bacteria or viruses. Once this happens other people can potentially “catch” the infection. Note however, that they will only catch the infection and not the eczema! Eczema itself is not contagious.
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Yes. I had it in 1991. I caught it at Club Med in St.Lucia, French West Indies. It started with a horrible headache which got worse and worse, lots of nausea, pain all down my spine. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks and not supposed to fly for two months. I lost 30 pounds, was light sensitive, couldn't stand noise. But it isn't a fatal illness, though you wish you'd die, the pain is so horrible. It is not as contagious as the bacterial version either.\n\nYour poor, sweet wife. Give her a hug (softly) from me. I feel for her.
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Arteriosclerosis is a disease of the arterial vessels marked by thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity in the arterial walls. Three forms of arteriosclerosis are generally recognized: atherosclerosis, sclerosis of arterioles, and calcific sclerosis of the medial layer of arteries (Mönckeberg's calcification). Atherosclerosis is the single most important cause of disease and death in Western societies.\n\nThe most common form of arteriosclerosis, marked by cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the walls of arteries. The initial pathological changes, called fatty streaks, are visible on the endothelial surfaces of major blood vessels by the age of 10. These lesions may progress to thickening of the lining of arteries (a process called intimal thickening) if risk factors for atherosclerosis are not addressed. Whether these lesions in turn progress to advanced lesions, called fibrous plaques, depends on hemodynamic forces (such as hypertension) and abnormal plasma levels of lipoproteins (e.g, high levels of total and LDL cholesterol; low levels of HDL cholesterol). Ultimately, arteries affected by the disease may become nearly completely blocked, a condition that causes insufficient blood flow (ischemia). If a plaque within a blood vessel suddenly ruptures, the blood vessel can close and organs or tissues may infarct.\n\nRisk factors for atherosclerosis include tobacco abuse, diabetes mellitus, abnormal blood lipid concentrations, hypertension, family history, male gender, increased age, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity. The role of vascular inflammation due to chronic infections (e.g, with chlamydia or cytomegalovirus) and the part played by elevated homocysteine levels are topics of active research.
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as far as i know it happens due to circulatory antibodies,..so it s not going to recur,..check again w someone else also,..hope this helps,..
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The link I'm providing is a study titled, "Type 2 Diabetes: An Inflammatory Disease Process? Clinical and Physiological Links Between Diabetes and Heart Disease." \n\n"In a large seven year study, for which over 12,000 patients were screened, cardiovascular risk was demonstrated to be associated with an elevated white blood cell count (WBC) ..."\n\nI'm not a doctor, nor am I suggesting you may have heart disease, but the study is an interesting read, nonetheless.\n\nI hope you find the answer you're looking for.  Good luck!
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Could you be referring to Atherosclerosis? This is what the public thinks of as "hardening of the arteries", which increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. Is is the result of plaque deposits that decrease blood flow through the effected area, and can eventually lead to complete blockage.
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No....chelation is snake oil.  However, there are new drugs that reverse atherosclerosis in the final stages of development and likely to hit the market soon.  They are powerful anti-oxidants.  Also, aggressive treatment with statin drugs with an appropriate diet have been proven to halt the progression of atherosclerosis.
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Yes tuberculosis is highly contagious. I think your question was to the effect that if a person with TB was at a place and left, and then later you show up could you get it. The answer to that is no. It is spread by respiratory droplets. So if say you were talking or near someone with TB and they coughed, sang, whistled, yelled or even just spoke you could stand the chance of being exposed to the TB bacteria. More people have been exposed to the TB bacteria than at any other time in history. Very scary.
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Yes it is, sometimes very contagious.  However, before you put on a mask to walk outside, most people are able to fight off the microbes before it puts them in the hospital.  Use common sense.
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atherosclerosis, is when u have rigid arteries; They have become hardened with time for lot of causes.(Most of the times the age <50-80> is the comun cause). Resistance to the sanguineous fluid increases and fluid haveto generate a higher sanguineos pressure. So it doesnt takes so long to notice cause u will start with high arterial pressure. So ur dr will notice it. Or u can notice it by being tired, cause ur heart is working harder. U can have headaches, inflamation in low extremities. The consecuences r: heart attack, cerebral isquemia (not only u have high blood presure.. u can get mad and increase that presure too 300 for ex, so u will develop a cerebral spill). So when y get the symptoms i told u before, u should go to the dr.
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I don't know if contagious is the right word.  I do know that in some studies that were done in college dormitories, girls that live together/spend a lot of time together tend to have their periods adjusted, to the point where they literally have the same cycle! they found that in some situations the hormone changes in one triggers the hormone changes in another.
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Humans have a herd mentality, for example stay on an expressway bumper to bumper for miles rather than get off and find an alternate. Low involvement product? If a product catches on everyone will buy it(herd mentality) It becomes contagious like a disease or illness. Could be shoes, anything.
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No , don't\nFoot and mouth is contagious\nMaybe the scientists have not found out all that there is to know about this diesase\nWhy take the risk??
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Smoking will constrict all blood vessels which could be a problem if they are already narrowed by plaque from cholesterol.
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Definitely. Bad cholesterol creates plaque in your arteries and causes your blood pressure to raise and also leads to heart attacks.
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strap throat, a contagious disease but curable