Vascular diseases can lead to heart attack or stroke. But many treatments for these diseases target systematic risk factors. Such as reducing blood pressure and cholesterol rather than directly repairing existing damaged blood vessels.
In vascular diseases like atherosclerosis, the walls of arteries thicken and harden which disturb blood flow, that leads to a build up of plaque,which could ultimately lead to blocked arteries.
The heart beats about 2.5 billion times over the average life time, pushing millions of blood to every part of the body. This steady flow carries with it Oxigen, fuel, harmones, other compounds, and host of essential cells. It also moves away the waste products of metabolism.
When the heart stops, essential functions fail, some almost then and there.
Nanomadicin is an application of nanotechnology that provides solutions to the medical problems and challenges. The unique features of nanopartcles, such as their small size, modifiable components, multiplicity of functionality, make them useful and important and suitable materials for novel diagonastic, therapeutic, or (Theranostic) both diagnostic and healing applications. Cardiovascular deases(CVDs) are the major causes of the non communicable illness in both developing and devaloped countries.
Nanomedicine offers Theranostic options for the treatment of CVDs.
Given the hearts never ending work load, it is wonder it performs so well, for so long for so many people but it can also fail, by a poor diet and lack of exercise, smoking, infection and unlucky genes and other things.
A key problem is atherosclerosis, this is the accumulation of pockets of cholesterol – rich material inside the arteries these pockets called plaque can limit blood flow through arteries that nourish the heart – the coronary arteries – and other arteries throughout the body. When a plaque breaks apart, it can cause a heart attack or stroke. Although many people develop some form of cardiovascular disease as they get older it is not avoidable. A healthy lifestyle, especially when started at a young age, goes a long way to preventing cardiovascular dease.
Lifestyle changes and medication can start biting heart-harming trends, like high blood pressure or high cholesterol, in the blood vessels before they cause damage. And a variety of medications, operations, and devices can help support the heart if damage caused.
The role of technology in various deseas conditions has been well recognized Nanomedicin is an application of Nanotechnology that provides resolve to various medical challenges. Generally, Nanomedicin involves the the use of nanomaterials to diagnose, treat, and prevent deaseses. The potential uses of nanotechnology in medicine are vast, including diagonastic tests, novel medical devices, biosensors, bio imaging agents, drug delivery systems and therapeutic drugs, which refers to the dual and dubble capacity of a single agent to be both diagonastic and therapeutic. It has tremendous characteristics and benefits for its applications. A feat in the field of treatment.
Stay healthy stay blessed every one . God bless you and all.
By Prof. Farrukh Hussain.
