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New Research Links For many years, doctors knew that certain risk factors -- high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, cholesterol levels (HDL and LDL), smoking and obesity -- increased the probability of a stroke or heart attack...but they were uncertain exactly why. Now they know that inflammation is the key ingredient. In the coming years, you will hear much more about the effect that inflammation has on the risk of stroke and heart attack. You'll also hear about the new inflammatory risk factors of C-Reactive Protein and fibrinogen. But there's no need to wait! Read The Heart Attack Germ now and learn how you can lower your risk of stroke and heart attack by detecting and reducing inflammation in your arteries! |
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WHAT IS THE HEART ATTACK GERM? |
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Over the past several years, numerous
scientific studies have shown that people infected by a several common
germs are at a significantly increased risk for stroke,
heart attack and other cardiovascular problems,
including the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Most strokes and heart attacks are associated with atherosclerosis, the disease that deposits cholesterol plaque inside the arteries of the heart and brain. Until recently, the cause of atherosclerosis was a mystery. But new advances in technology have identified inflammation within the artery as the source of plaque build-up. Often, this inflammation is caused by germs that infect the arteries of the heart and brain. Although several cardiovascular germs have been identified, most of the research has centered on the Heart Attack Germ, Chlamydia pneumoniae—a type of bacteria that is the chief suspect behind many strokes and heart attacks. Here's how the Heart Attack Germ does its dirty work: |
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| Chlamydia pneumoniae bacteria enter the body through the mouth and nose, infecting the lungs and causing respiratory diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a very common germ—nearly everyone at some point in his life becomes infected by it. Usually, the initial infection is so mild that the victim never even knows that he's picked up the germ. |
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| To cure the infection, the body uses immune cells in the lungs, which surround the germs, swallow them whole, and kill them. But the Heart Attack Germ is difficult to kill and may actually live and multiply inside immune cells. That's why most Chlamydia pneumoniae infections last a long time—the body is never able to completely eliminate the germ. |
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Immune cells exit the lungs, carrying the living Chlamydia germs through the bloodstream and into the arteries of the heart and brain. Once inside an artery, the germs multiply, damaging the artery wall and creating long-term infection and inflammation. This constant, low level of infection and inflammation produces no obvious symptoms. The victim is sick, but he doesn't know it ... yet. |
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Since cholesterol plaque is naturally drawn to the site of inflammation, long-term infection and inflammation continually draws cholesterol plaque to the artery over an extended period of time. As the years pass by, layer after layer of plaque is deposited in the artery. These layers build into mounds of cholesterol that clog the artery, creating the symptoms of cardiovascular disease and the sudden occlusions that trigger most strokes and heart attacks. |
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Site Design, Text, Graphics & Animation Copyright (c) 2003 by Russell Dvonch |
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On Sale The Heart Attack Germ is filled with cutting-edge medical information that may prevent a stroke or heart attack in your future. Topics include:
The Germs of
Cardiovascular Disease Fighting Strokes and Heart Attacks with Antibiotics Inflammatory Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) The Link between Inflammation, Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease Vulnerable Plaque Stress and Triggers Vasospasm, Blood Clots and Angina hs-CRP Testing Fibrinogen Testing Mental Stress Testing Silent Strokes Inflammatory Cholesterol The Link between Gum Disease and Heart Attack and much, much more. |
