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Your healthcare team will
help you identify your

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vascular disease risk
factors and how to reduce

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them.

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Some risk factors
can't be changed.

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For others, you can make
changes to lessen them.

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Controllable vascular
disease risk factors

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include: smoking, high
cholesterol levels, high

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blood pressure, diabetes,
physical inactivity, being

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overweight, and stress.

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Let's take a closer
look at these...

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Smoking or using
tobacco is bad for you.

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It hurts your entire body
including your heart and

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blood vessels.

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Being around people
smoking can also be bad

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for your body.

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High Cholesterol
Levels...Your cholesterol

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level can increase your
risk for atherosclerosis.

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There are good and bad
kinds of cholesterol in

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your body.

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High levels of LDL
cholesterol, and

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triglycerides, help
to form plaque.

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And low levels of HDL, the
good kind of cholesterol,

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can also increase
your risk.

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Hypertension, commonly
called high blood

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pressure...When you have
high blood pressure, it

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makes your heart work
harder and can hurt your

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blood vessels.

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Diabetes...

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Diabetes can harm your
blood vessels increasing

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the chance of
plaque buildup.

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Physical Inactivity...The
heart is a muscle that

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needs exercise to stay
strong; being physically

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inactive weakens your
heart, making it work

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harder to do its job.

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Physical inactivity also
increases your chance for

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unhealthy cholesterol
levels, high blood

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pressure, or
being overweight.

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Being overweight is
another risk factor.

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Carrying around extra
weight makes your heart

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worker harder and puts
pressure on your blood

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vessels.

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And stress...Stress can
harm your blood vessels

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and increase your chance
for other risk factors.

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Work with your healthcare
provider to identify the

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controllable vascular
disease risk factors you

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have so you can make
a plan to change them.