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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Overweight should lose weight.Medications cannot cure peripheral arterial disease, but they can help treat conditions that contribute to the disease, such as high cholesterol and triglycerides, high blood pressure or diabetes.Several procedures can treat narrowed or blocked arteries. In angioplasty, a thin tube (catheter) with a tiny balloon at its tip is inserted into a blood vessel and threaded to the blocked area of the artery. The balloon is then inflated, pushing plaque to the side and opening the artery. Sometimes a wire mesh tube (stent) is wrapped around the balloon so that when the balloon is inserted and inflated, the stent is opened and positioned within the artery. The balloon is then deflated and removed, leaving the stent in place.Bypass surgery can improve circulation in the legs, depending on the extent and location of the blockage. Bypass uses a graft (man-made or a vein from the patient's body) to reroute circulation. The graft is attached above and below the blocked area of the artery, allowing blood to go around the blockage.A diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease means a person is at risk for other blockages in other arteries — blockages that can cause heart disease and stroke. Patients with peripheral arterial disease are often screened for blockages in the arteries serving the heart and brain.Because you have peripheral arterial disease — whether or not you receive medical treatment — it is very important that you take care of your health and modify any risk factors to stop the progression
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