What are the symptoms of leg artery embolism?

Everyone needs to pay attention to the symptoms of leg artery embolism, because it often causes cold hands and feet, accompanied by numbness. Sometimes normal activities and walking will be affected, and pain and cramps will occur.

1. Cold hands and feet, often accompanied by numbness, may be an early manifestation of lower limb arteriosclerosis obliterans.

2. Muscle pain, cramps and fatigue occur after activities or walking for a distance. At this time, the patient often needs to stop activities or walking and rest for a few minutes before continuing activities and walking. This phenomenon is medically called "intermittent claudication."

3. Rest pain. You may feel limb pain, numbness and paresthesia even during rest time, which is most obvious at night.

4. The skin color of the toes, feet and calves becomes abnormal, such as pale, purple, or black. In severe cases, ulcers and necrosis may occur.

5. Leg cramps, in addition to cold or calcium deficiency, may also be caused by arteriosclerosis. Because when the arteries harden, blood circulation in the legs will be blocked and blood supply will be reduced. If blood flow is poor, metabolic products cannot be carried away in time. When they reach a certain concentration, they will stimulate muscle contraction and cause painful cramps. In addition, when blood flow is blocked and blood supply is reduced, local tissues become ischemic and hypoxic, and physiological and biochemical functions become disordered, causing pain and cramps.

The above are the early manifestations of patients with lower limb arteriosclerosis obliterans. If you experience some of the above symptoms, you must check whether you have lower limb arteriosclerosis obliterans. If so, you must seek timely treatment.