Atherosclerosis of the lower extremities is a common disease is a manifestation of limb aging, if there is no complication is not a particularly serious disease.
Atherosclerosis refers to with age, aging, endothelial function of blood vessels gradually decline, lipid deposition in the vascular endothelium, causing endothelial hyperplasia, resulting in decreased vascular elasticity, hemorrhagic hardening, and gradually form plaques. Lower extremity atherosclerosis is more common in the elderly, and can be diagnosed by lower extremity vascular ultrasound.
If the lower limb arterial occlusion is more serious, atherosclerotic plaque narrowing, intermittent claudication, lower skin temperature, pain in the lower limbs, serious cases will cause amputation, muscle dissolution, causing multi-organ failure. At this time, we should actively go to the hospital for treatment, otherwise further aggravation will not be able to walk, and even cause limb necrosis and amputation.