How Poor Circulation Affects Your Leg Health
Your circulatory system is a vast network of arteries, veins, and capillaries that delivers oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body and removes waste …
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What to Expect During a Vascular Ultrasound
A vascular ultrasound is an imaging test used to evaluate the circulatory system — arteries, veins, and capillaries. Arteries deliver oxygenated blood to the body, veins return deoxygenated blood …
8 Things that Increase the Risk for Pulmonary Embolism
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot that develops in one of the body’s blood vessels, often in the leg. It breaks free of its mooring and travels to an …
Which Varicose Vein Treatment Is Right for Me?
You probably know varicose veins on sight. They’re a network of ropy, colored protrusions that most often show up on your thighs and calves. There’s no question they’re an …
How Is Carotid Occlusive Disease Treated?
The carotid arteries carry blood filled with oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the brain. You have two such arteries, one on either side of your neck, just …
6 Common Signs of Venous Insufficiency
Venous insufficiency (VI) is a problem with the circulatory system that stems from the veins in your legs. Up to 40% of US adults suffer from some form of …
Lifestyle Factors that Cause or Worsen Ulcers
Venous ulcers are slow-healing open sores on the legs and feet that often arise when underlying vein disease isn’t properly treated — or treated at all. While some cases …
5 Signs of Peripheral Artery Disease
Peripheral artery disease (PAD), a circulatory system disease, affects over 8 million people in the United States 40 and older. The arteries that carry oxygenated blood to the body’s …
How to Get Rid of Your Spider Veins
Medically referred to as telangiectasia, spider veins are small, visible veins — usually the smallest type of blood vessel, the capillaries. They’re found on the legs and sometimes on …
Causes of Carotid Occlusive Disease
The carotid arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the brain. You have one on each side of your neck, just below the angle of your jaw. When …
