Why does it cause furring of the arteries?
Our expert Dr Martin Bell discusses how anyone can get high blood pressure.
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Presenter - And why does it cause furring up of your arteries then?
Martin - Yes. Well the thinking is it's a bit like because the pressure in your arteries is too high, it sort of squeezes the artery wall and makes it harder for a start, and it also tends to do things like if your cholesterol, your the fats in your blood are a little bit high, it tends to almost like squeeze the fats out, so that you know it gathers inside the pipe of your artery, a bit like, if you've ever seen your old water pipe filling up with, you know, limescale it's a little bit like that. And it's one of the risk factors for, you know, furring up your arteries essentially
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