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what is degenerative vascular disease?

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Atherosclerotic : Degenerative vascular disease refers to atherosclerotic disease. It is not vascular disease in a 'degenerate'.  We call it degenerative because the vessels begin to degenerate from the damage to their walls.

Question 2

what is intracranial vascular disease?

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Brain arteries: This refers to narrowing of the arteries within the skull. This is usually the branches of the internal carotid artery within the brain.

Question 3

what is peripheral vascular disease?

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Extremity disease: Peripheral artery disease refers to blood vessel disease which occurs outside the central core of the body, usually in the legs or arms, though erectile dysfunction is in fact also a form of peripheral artery disease. The symptoms of peripheral vascular disease vary based on the location and vessel affected.

Question 4

what is peripheral vascular disease? can it be treated?

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Arterial narrowing: Narrowing or occlusion of arteries outside the heart/coronaries. Most often referred to extremities arterial disease which is 80-90% in the lower extremities . Treatment includes lifestyle modification like stop smoking, medications/ aspirin, walking excercises, endovascular procedures like stenting , bypass surgeries or even amputation in extreme cases.

Question 5

hi doctors, can you tell me what is peripheral vascular disease?

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Blockage: Of arteries in the body other than heart. These involve legs, carotids, mesenteric and renals to name a few.

Question 6

hi doctors, can you tell me what is peripheral vascular disease and its symptoms?

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Blocked arteries: Peripheral vascular disease is a term that is sometimes used imprecisely, but in general it refers to blocked arteries in the legs. This limits blood flow to the legs and can cause pain (especially with walking), cool extremities, hair loss, discoloration, poor wound healing, ulceration, or even loss of limb.

Question 7

what is pheripheral vascular disease? i have brown spots around the neck and leg/ankle area and was told to wear pressure hose when standing for long periods of time. could i use bleaching creams on the spots?

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If : If you were told to wear compression stockings, my guess is those dark brown spots are hemosiderin deposits.

Our red blood cells live for 120 days.  We are always making some, and some are always dying.  When they die, they break open, and the hemoglobin molecule inside them is released.  It's the hemoglobin molecule that gives our blood its red color.  When red blood cells die while in our circulatory system, the hemoglobin that is released is absorbed by the body.

If you have venous stasis, which is the pooling of blood in the lower legs because of varicose veins or an incompetent valve (the veins in the legs have valves to fight the force of gravity and help bring blood back to the heart), then the blood will pool in the lower legs due to gravity.  When the red blood cells die while blood is pooling, the hemoglobin is released into the tissues, and stain then that dark brown color.  That's called hemosiderin.

There is no way to remove hemosiderin stains from the skin, but wearing compression stockings will help to prevent it from getting worse.  The muscle action of walking helps bring blood back to the heart, whereas just standing is the worst thing for venous stasis.

I assume you're under the care of a vascular surgeon, who is best trained to treat this problem.  If not, i strongly suggest you make an appointment with one.

Good luck, and i hope this helps.

Question 8

could a doctor here tell me what is a peripheral vascular disease?

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PVD: Most accurately refers to hardening of the arteries and plaque build-up.

Question 9

what is renal vascular diseases?

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Arteries: Blood supply to kidney has blockage called renal artery stenosis can be cause for very high and difficult to control hypertension.

Question 10

i need to know what is vascular pulmonary disease?

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Definition: Vascular is blood vessel and pulmonary is lung. There is disease in the blood vessels and that includes the thickening of the blood vessels causing pulmonary hypertension, small clots or chronic pe, or venoocclusive disease if it happens in the veins. There are also the fragility causing hemorrhages in certain diseases as the autoimmunes.

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