(www.neomundo.com.ar) the State of the legs can be an important indicator of health as people who suffer from peripheral arterial disease have one increased risk of attack heart.
Such a warning was presented by the Vascular Disease Foundation (Foundation for the vascular diseases) of United States, which recommended to be very alert to the symptoms of this condition to make a medical consultation nor well arise.
Peripheral VASCULAR disease
Peripheral vascular disease occurs when narrows the blood vessels located outside of the heart. This happens because a plate of fat and cholesterol, which reduces the space through which the blood flows forms in the vessel wall. As a smaller circulation reaches the legs, usually feel pain and numbness.
The main risk factor for this disease is having passed the 50 years, but the danger increases if a person smokes, suffered a coronary heart disease or stroke, and diabetes or hypertension.
Peripheral arterial disease can study for a while without giving signs of existence, but the most common symptoms are fatigue, numbness in the legs, cramps, pain and wounds in the legs takes to heal. In more severe cases crashes the movement and this results in the death of tissues, a condition which in turn can lead to amputation.
“Too often, people think that a discomfort in the leg or a wound that heals slowly are part of normal aging, but can be signs of a very serious pathology.” “Through the early detection and proper treatment, can reduce the devastating consequences of peripheral arterial disease and improve the cardiovascular health of the population in general,” said Joseph Caporusso, a specialist of the Foundation.
Moreover, the health professionals warned that if a person has arteries blocked in one part of the body most likely have vessels in other regions with the same complication, including those that are located in the heart and therefore increase the risk of developing heart attacks, heart disease and even death. More information on Science and health in www.neomundo.com.ar
