Prevención / [Arterial disease. Prevention]

ABSTRACT

Human beings may have or may have not risk factors for arterial disease. Those having these factors may or may not suffer from acute episodes of aterothrombosis. Those who suffer it, may have one or more risk factors for arterial disease. For this long list of situations, there are strategies with some common points. The prevention is of high priority, specially the primary one aim to those without FREA, in particular the children. It has been demonstrated the early beginning of the disease, that is why education is of great value and must be extended to all groups of ages. In some circumstances, also on early ages, it is wise to investigate the clinic and laboratory for FREA, specially in those with hereditary overload. The common measures: healthy diet, no tobacco, reduction of alcohol intake, sporting, should be incorporated in our society as a general practice. In those with FREA, adults in general, it is convenient to establish the global risk in order to be able to consider the deepness of medical intervention and the corresponding patient adherence to medical council and prescription. For those who already suffered an acute episode, the secondary prevention implicate counselling over the factors that are able to be modified, prescription, such as platelet anti adhesive drugs and those corresponding to each individual factor. The modern tendency is the use of drug to reduce cholesterol and other lipids, anti hypertension and others pharmaceutical interventions. All members of modern society should play a role on the above mentioned preventive actions.