{"id":28684,"date":"2021-11-15T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biomag.cz\/extremity-ischaemia\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T10:06:04","slug":"extremity-ischaemia","status":"publish","type":"biomag_diagnoza","link":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/extremity-ischaemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremity ischaemia (Ischemia)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Extremity Ischemia and its Causes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extremity Ischemia causes an insufficient supply of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and tissues. This results in a variety of trophic changes, which may lead to amputation of a limb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With lower extremity ischemia,<\/strong>&nbsp;the disease affects arteries in legs and causes a narrowing or occlusion of the arteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The most common cause&nbsp;<\/strong>of narrowing or occlusion is<strong>&nbsp;atherosclerosis&nbsp;<\/strong>(hardening of the arteries), thrombus (blood clot), Buerger\u2019s disease and vasoconstriction of arteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upper extremity ischemia<\/strong>&nbsp;is far less common than the lower extremity one; Raynaud\u2019s phenomenon, a disease often called &#8220;white fingers\u201d, is a common form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acute extremity ischemia&nbsp;<\/strong>is symptomized by sudden and severe pain in the limb, paleness of the limb with no swelling, impalpable pulse beyond the occlusion of the artery, impossibility to move the limb and changed sensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main risk factors in developing the disease are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>smoking,<\/li><li>lack of exercise,<\/li><li>advanced age,<\/li><li>psychological stress,<\/li><li>obesity,<\/li><li>high level of cholesterol,<\/li><li>high blood pressure,<\/li><li>diabetes and others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extremity Ischemia Treatment \u2013 Rid yourself of the Pain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This disease requires&nbsp;<strong>specialised vascular examination and timely start of treatment<\/strong>&nbsp;based on the stage and location of the disease. The main goal is to improve arterial blood circulation and to avoid amputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adjustments to the lifestyle and elimination of risk factors<\/strong>&nbsp;like smoking, stress, weight reduction and managing diabetes are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The main goal of pharmacological treatment is to reduce platelet aggregation and creation of blood clots (antiaggregation therapy).<\/strong>&nbsp;Some drugs can directly affect arteries and cause their dilation (vasodilation therapy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regular physical exercise and rehabilitation&nbsp;<\/strong>are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acute extremity ischemia requires immobilization, covering and bracing the limb, administering heparin, analgesics and calming the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cases where there is a defect on the limb, wound healing tools and methods are utilised.&nbsp;<strong>Moist wound healing&nbsp;<\/strong>is one of those tools. Physical therapy in the form or ultrasound therapy are also part of treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10213,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biomag_diagnoza\/28684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biomag_diagnoza"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biomag_diagnoza"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biomag_diagnoza\/28684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31687,"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biomag_diagnoza\/28684\/revisions\/31687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biomag.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}