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What is a Vascular Disorder?


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Vascular disorder:

  1. Vascular disorders are the disorders of the blood vessels in the body that carry either blood or waste products.
  2. It consists of the arteries that carry blood away from the heart, veins that carry blood to the heart, and lymph vessels that carry waste products to be excreted from the body.
  3. Symptoms of vascular disorders can include pain and abnormal color changes in the fingertips, numbness or tingling of the fingertips, swelling

The various diseases of the vascular or circulatory system among them are:

  1. Peripheral artery disease: It refers to the blockages in arteries outside the heart, most commonly in the legs.
  2. Renal artery stenosis: It is the narrowing of renal arteries that carry blood to the kidneys from the aorta.
  3. Erythromelalgia: It is a rare peripheral vascular disease where syndromes include burning pain, increased temperature, erythema, and swelling, mainly the hands and feet are affected.

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