Is there a connection between cold legs and vasculitis? Vasculitis often occurs in cold regions, and most patients are extremely sensitive to cold and dampness. The condition tends to occur or worsen during the cold season, so cold and dampness are considered triggers for vasculitis. So, is there a connection between cold legs and vasculitis?
In our bodies, the legs are farthest from the heart, causing relatively slow local blood flow. Many times, for convenience of walking or aesthetics, especially among the young, we dress lightly. Therefore, during the winter and spring seasons, particularly when activity stops, the lower limbs, especially the feet, can feel very cold, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, some people may feel cold and numbness in their lower limbs even when the weather isn't too cold and their shoes and pants provide good warmth. This abnormal coldness in the lower limbs could likely be caused by certain diseases. If accompanied by symptoms such as numbness and pain in the leg, it's first necessary to consider diseases related to the arterial system. Is there a connection between cold legs and vasculitis?
An important symptom of vasculitis is cold legs, which slightly improves with warmth. Patients with cold legs should be alert to vasculitis.
The early symptoms of vasculitis include coldness, fear of cold, numbness, and mild pain at the extremities of the limbs, along with intermittent claudication. The toes (or fingers) turn pale, with low skin temperature, and the pulse in the peripheral arteries weakens or disappears. In the middle stage, the symptoms of coldness, fear of cold, numbness, pain, and intermittent claudication in the affected limb worsen, accompanied by rest pain. The pain at night becomes severe, leading the patient to sit holding their foot, making it hard to sleep through the night. There are also signs of nutritional disorders in the foot, such as pallor, redness, purplish red or bluish purple skin, reduced or absent sweating in the foot, deformed nail growth, hair loss or sparseness, often accompanied by calf muscle atrophy, and disappearance of peripheral artery pulses. If treatment is not timely or appropriate, in the late stage of vasculitis, due to severe ischemia in the affected limb, ulcers or gangrene develop at the extremities, usually starting from the toes and gradually spreading upward. The gangrene can be dry or wet, mostly limited to the toes or feet, but can also affect the ankles or lower legs.
Is there a connection between cold legs and vasculitis? The above is a detailed introduction provided by experts regarding the relationship between cold legs and vasculitis, hoping it helps you. For more questions, you can consult online with experts from Shanxi Yikang Vasculitis Hospital. Finally, I wish you good health.
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