Frequently asked question: What effect do HIV inhibitors have on your blood vessels?

Over the years, excess cholesterol and triglyceride in your blood causes fat to accumulate inside the vascular walls, narrowing your the blood vessels. We call this atherosclerosis. Arteries carry blood from your heart to all the organs in your body. If the arteries becomes too narrow, the blood flow through them is diminished. This results in too little blood and therefore also too little oxygen in certain parts of your body. A lack of oxygen causes damage to tissues and organs. We call this an infarction. For example, a cerebral infarction or a heart attack.
The chance of thrombosis (blood clots in your blood vessels) also becomes greater due to an increased cholesterol level. Increased clotting and inflammatory factors play a role in this. A DVT and pulmonary embolism are examples of thrombosis.

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