Poor Circulation in the Legs-How do you know if you have a circulation problem?
The word " sclerosis " means hardening. The term "arteriosclerosis" refers to hardening of one or more arteries. When this happens to the normally soft and supple blood vessels, it interferes with the amount of blood they carry. Therefore, an organ that is supplied with blood from a sclerotic artery will get less blood. Where the blood supply drops below the minimum normally required, the part will fail to function normally and eventually will not survive. Thus, where the blood supply to a part of the brain is sclerotic, the patient can suffer a paralytic stroke. Where the blood to the heart is decreased, the patient can have either heart failure or a heart attack. The same decreased function and then death of the part apply to every area of the body. In the legs this is particularly obvious by changes in color, warmth and strength. Arteriosclerosis is a process that can affect arteries in all parts of the body. There are marked individual variations in suscep...