Also called Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), it's the narrowing of blood vessels in the abdomen, legs and arms. It doesn't allow enough oxygen to get to your body parts which causes tissues and cells death. It is cause by a build-up of fatty deposits, this disease leads to amputations.
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- Symptoms
- muscles pain, aches or cramp, numbness
- cool, pale skin, cold hands and feet
- reddish-blue color in the skin and nails of the hands and feet
- sore that takes long time to heal, wounds
- loss of hair in legs
- no pulse in legs
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- Body System affected
- Circulatory system
- Risk Factors
- Smoke
- have diabetes
- are over the age of 45
- High Cholesterol
- High blood preassure
- over weight
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How it would suck to get this disease. This disease affects the integumentary system system and muscular systems. It disrupts homeostasis by cells dying. cells have to be living or else they become poisonous to the rest of the body and causes limbs to die off
I learned alot about this disease that i didnt know. It is very dangerous, and there was good info and pics to describe the dangers of the diease.
Peripheral Arterial Disease disrupts homeostasis by lowering the blood flow to the cells in the body. As Chris said cells will die and infect the rest of the body. With out the oxygen flow to the cells in body could cause a complete body shut down.
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