Cigarette Smoke and Disease

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Atherosclerosis

This is where too much cholesterol has been taken and is stored in the arteries causing them to narrow.

If an artery to the heart is blocked a heart attack could occur.

If an artery to the brain is blocked then a stroke could occur.

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…more!

Cholesterol travels in packages called lipoproteins.

There are low density lipoproteins that deliver cholesterol around the body.

There are high density lipoproteins that remove cholesterol from the blood stream.

Cholesterol is essential but in the right amounts!!

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I’ve done enough!

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) – What are the three forms?

Stroke – Why do they occur? What happens to a person having a stroke?

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