Atherosclerosis patients treatment is divided into general treatment and drug treatment, general treatment includes low-fat diet, moderate exercise, smoking and alcohol restriction and other lifestyle treatments; drugs can be used such as atorvastatin, aspirin and other medications; if atherosclerosis caused by stenosis or occlusion of blood vessels, interventional or surgical treatment can be chosen.
1. General treatment: atherosclerosis patients are mostly accompanied by obesity and abnormal lipid metabolism, patients should adopt low-fat diet and appropriate exercise, which is beneficial to adjust lipid metabolism and maintain appropriate blood lipid level. Smoking will increase the death rate of atherosclerosis, drinking a lot of alcohol is harmful to the body, so should quit smoking and limit alcohol.
2. Drug therapy: patients with atherosclerosis should choose appropriate lipid regulating drugs, usually preferred statins such as atorvastatin; aspirin, clopidogrel and other antiplatelet drugs can prevent thrombosis caused by atherosclerosis; for those who have already had thrombosis, thrombolytic drugs such as streptokinase and anticoagulant such as heparin can be used. The use of drugs should follow the doctor’s instructions.
3. Interventional and surgical treatment: For the narrowed or occluded blood vessels caused by atherosclerosis, stent implantation, percutaneous balloon dilatation and other interventional methods can be carried out, or bypass grafting and other surgical treatments.
Patients with atherosclerosis should actively cooperate with doctors to avoid delaying the condition; follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, do not take medication without authorization to avoid causing adverse drug reactions.