Angiopathy of the lower extremities develops in most cases with diabetes mellitus . The disease is characterized by a change in small arterial vessels. Namely: their walls thicken, and their permeability deteriorates. All this leads to a violation of the blood flow and problems with the blood supply of those organs to which the damaged vessels lead.
The main symptoms of diabetic angiopathy of the lower extremities
The symptoms that appear with angiopathy depend on the degree of vascular damage. Another important fact: what kind of vessels are damaged - small or large. At the initial stages, the ailment behaves quite imperceptibly. And still some changes can be considered:
- Numbness, cold snap, creepy. These symptoms of lower extremity angiopathy in diabetes mellitus usually pay attention in the first place. Unpleasant sensations can appear everywhere: on feet, in the field of calves or shins.
- Dryness, redness, peeling. Sometimes these symptoms are added to hair loss at the place of the foot, which receives less nutrients.
- Pain, cramps. Soreness is a sign that the limb is experiencing oxygen starvation for a long time.
- Trophic ulcers. When this symptom arises, angiopathy of the lower extremity arteries begins to need urgent treatment. This is the final stage of the disease. Resistance of tissues decreases, local immunity is greatly reduced. If you do not begin treatment at this stage, tissue necrosis will develop.
Treatment of angiopathy of lower extremities
Begin the treatment should be with the control of diabetes. It is good if angiopathy is detected at an early stage. In this case, there is a chance to restore blood flow in the vessels.
To combat the disease apply:
- drugs that dilute blood;
- angioprotectors;
- antioxidants;
- vitamins E;
- statins .