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vascular diseases, arterial and venous problems

vascular diseases, arterial and venous problems

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Edited by: TOP DOCTORS® at 22/11/2021

There are 2 large groups of vascular diseases: arterial and venous. One of the most common causes of both diseases are heredofamilial. The main symptom is experience decreased leg strength or increased pain.

Dr. Gerardo Cesar Saldana Montemayor

In the arterial system, the most frequent being clogged arteries, where blood flow through them becomes slow and turbulent and this is caused by smoking, high cholesterol levels ending in atherosclerosis.  

In the venous system, the main cause is hereditary familial and the most common is commonly called chronic venous insufficiency varices. In this what happens is that the veins dilating and produce discomfort at the level of the lower extremities.

common causes

In arterial problems the main causes are: heredofamilial factors, elevated cholesterol levels, as well as heavy smoking and associated with them as hypertension or diabetes, in which causes diseases that clusters of cholesterol to peripheral level, brain or heart go decreasing the level of the vessels.

A venous level first of all is hereditary familial, as the years go by the venous system dilates and causes go faulty valves also in women pregnancy and major hormonal changes during their reproductive life cause the system to fail as well as risk professions, which is mostly standing or sitting over 3 consecutive hours.

Main symptoms and diagnosis

In order to detect vascular disease, either arterial or venous, the first situation one has to consider is when the same person detects a decrease in strength in your legs or increased pain.

I will speak first blood issue. The main symptoms are that the patient to be walking pain in his legs and has to stop, or have discoloration in the toes, as well as loss of hair or nails are losing weight. This, as it is a very slow process, can cause people to feel that it is normal. However, before any kind of change at the level of the legs, it is a reason to go to the doctor to do imaging studies and to detect disease in early stages. A coronary level, at the level of the heart, chest pain, fatigue immediate and shortness of breath can be very subtle symptoms that if the patient does not take into account ends in a more important problem.

A cerebral level can also detect as memory loss or may have difficulty moving in the middle of the body, this can be an important symptom to be treated quickly. Once the patient's attending doctor there are a number of studies that can help make an accurate diagnosis and timely treatment. The main study is noninvasive, is a doppler echo, arterial or venous, demonstrating largely treatment possibilities after that there are other studies such as CT angiography and then angiograms to make a diagnosis and treatment planning.

A venous level, the study of choice is the venous doppler echo, is not painful, is relatively fast and can give great information for planning treatments for such conditions.

Conventional surgeries and catheterizations, major treatments

Treatments for vascular diseases, roughly, are divided into what are conventional or open surgeries and more modern, which are the endovascular treatment, as commonly known people: catheterizations whether or venous arteriosus.

In the arteries, primarily what one does, through a puncture at the level of the femoral or radial artery in the arm or leg, a catheter for the same is entered, the doctor detects where obstruction or dilatation is, and through of these catheters "stens" which are like Maya to dilate the blocked area, or prosthesis, which exclude the aneurysm from the artery they are introduced. This can usually be done under local anesthesia or a regionalized anesthesia and, although not without risks, are less than the traditional or conventional surgery.

For venous problems is the possibility of an intervention where, through a catheter (however, this is usually done through echo, where it is not necessary to inject contrast media) with which you can reach areas they are affected and where is reflux can be closed instead of having to make a wrenching, as was previously. Now what you can do is close the vein and remove the problem from the source system, this makes treatments are outpatient, very low aggression and with very good results.

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