Vascular disease can affect any blood vessel of the body.
Generally, it develops gradually over time, and it doesnt usually cause noticeable symptoms until it has advanced.
Often, vascular disease is widespread, affecting many regions of the body and several types of blood vessels.
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Treatment can include lifestyle strategies, medication, and sometimes surgery.
But often, specific types of vascular disease are described based on symptoms or diagnostic tests.
And you might develop one or more of these types, but not necessarily all of them.
The first effects of vascular disease may include:
Complications
Vascular disease can worsen gradually and quietly.
It may lead to serious problems due to insufficient blood flow and/orblood clots.
Complications correspond to the area of the body in which blood flow is impeded.
Causes
There are a number of risk factors associated with vascular disease.
Risk factors include:
The risk of vascular disease is amplified when you have more risk factors.
Process
The process by which vascular disease develops is gradual.
Sometimes a few blood vessels can be more severely affected by vascular disease, potentially leading to symptoms.
Your healthcare provider will listen to your medical history, ask further questions, and do a physical examination.
Sometimes therapeutic treatment is done at the same time as a catheter-assisted angiography.
Treatment can involve lifestyle preventative strategies, medication, and/or interventional procedures.
Surgery
Sometimes, an interventional treatment might be needed to manage severe disease in a blood vessel.
It is generally not possible for widespread vascular disease in many blood vessels to be surgically repaired.
These procedures may be done with minimally invasive techniques or as open surgeries, depending on the situation.
Prevention
Since vascular disease can have such serious consequences, prevention is important.
Prevention primarily relies on lifestyle habits.
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