Microcirculation disorders and diseases

  1.What is microcirculation: Microcirculation is the blood circulation in the capillaries between microarteries and microvenules, which is the most basic structural and functional unit in the circulatory system. It includes micro arteries, micro veins, capillary lymphatic vessels and body fluid circulation in tissue ducts. Every organ and every tissue cell in the human body has to be supplied with oxygen and nutrients, transfer energy, exchange information and eliminate carbon dioxide and metabolic waste by microcirculation.  2.How does the microcirculation disorder occur: Under normal circumstances, the microcirculation blood flow is adapted to the metabolic level of human tissues and organs, so that the physiological functions of the organs in the human body can operate normally. The capillaries of human body are extremely thin and long, in which the blood flow rate is extremely slow, only 0.41 mm per second. In such long blood vessels, once there are impurities turbid in the blood, such as fat particles, cholesterol, alcohol, nicotine, drug residues, chemical residues, etc., they will not only block the blood vessels, but also make the vessel walls thicken, the lumen is thinner, resulting in poor blood flow within the microcirculation. Once the human body’s microcirculation disorders, the tissue system or internal organs it feeds will: can not get oxygen, nutrition, waste can not be effectively discharged, poor living environment, and thus can not play a normal function, the light cause degeneration of the body’s function, and in serious cases, lead to the occurrence of disease.  3, microcirculation disorders will start what diseases: the current medical research shows that people’s aging, sickness are related to microcirculation dysfunction.  (1) the nervous system: insufficient blood supply to the brain, brain cells do not get enough oxygen, nutrients, metabolites can not be fully and smoothly excluded, resulting in dizziness, headache, insomnia, dreamy, memory loss, neurasthenia, cerebral infarction, stroke and other diseases will occur in severe cases.  (2) Cardiovascular system: Microcirculatory disorders occur in the heart, causing insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle, resulting in chest tightness, panic, arrhythmia, angina and other symptoms of coronary heart disease, and even myocardial infarction.  (3) Digestive system: Stomach is the root of the latter. If the microcirculation of the stomach is impaired, it will cause stomach dysfunction, malabsorption of nutrients, gastritis, ulcer disease and other stomach lesions.  (4) Muscle and joint system: muscle and joint microcirculation disorders and accumulation of metabolites will produce muscle pain, numbness and coldness throughout the body. Blockage of microvessels in the extremities can cause vasculitis, varicose veins in the lower extremities, severe claudication, knife-like pain, degenerative lesions of neck, shoulder, lumbar and leg pain.  (5) Gynecological system: there are many gynecological diseases are related to microcirculation, such as dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders, small abdominal cramps, adnexitis, uterine fibroids are related to qi and blood stagnation, qi stagnation is pain, blood stagnation is swelling. Dermatology: As we age, the microvasculature of the skin decreases, the blood supply and oxygen supply are inadequate, manifesting reduced skin nutrition, decreased skin elasticity, sagging and wrinkles, chloasma, age spots, premature appearance of crow’s feet around the eyes, eye bags, etc.  (5) Geriatric diseases: many common diseases that plague the elderly, such as cerebral atrophy caused by insufficient blood supply, dementia, stroke, hypertension, coronary heart disease, frozen shoulder, bone spur formation osteoporosis and other diseases, are triggered by microcirculatory disorders.