During the cold season, one’s body is always prone to some problems.

When winter arrives, many people suffer from cold legs and feet again. What is worrying is that even after wearing a lot of clothes, there is no improvement.

But some people say that cold legs and feet are not limited to winter, I feel this way all year round.

Attention! If you always have cold legs and feet, you must pay attention to the situation, may be your blood vessels “disease”!

So, how to determine whether it is simply cold legs and feet, or due to disease? How to relieve? An article to make it clear.

Cold legs and feet, alert for arterial vascular problems!

The human body is covered with blood vessels, which are mainly divided into arteries and veins. The arteries are responsible for transporting blood and nutrients from the heart to all parts of the body, and the veins are responsible for recycling the blood back to the heart, thus making a blood circulation. From the heart come large arteries, which then branch out like trees into smaller arteries to supply the various organs and limbs of the body.

If there is a problem with the arteries supplying blood to the legs (stenosis or blockage), it will lead to insufficient blood supply to the legs and feet, which will result in a variety of symptoms, such as cold legs and feet, pain in the lower limbs, intermittent claudication and other discomforts. This is when we need to be alert to whether there is a problem with the arterial blood vessels.

How can I tell if my legs and feet are simply cold, or if they are the result of a disease?

Let’s start with two cases of cold legs and feet: one is that you feel cold, but you can’t feel it with your hands; the other is that you feel cold and touch it.

In the first case, first consider whether there is a lumbar spine disease, and orthopedic consultation is recommended.

In the second case, it is usually the arterial blood vessels that have problems, and then determine where the arterial blood vessels have problems.

The large blood vessels of the human body at the location of the navel, there will be a bifurcation, called the iliac arteries, the left and right two, respectively, to supply the blood transportation of the two legs. Continuing downward, where the root of the thigh is located, there will be another bifurcation called the femoral artery. It then continues to continue downward and divides into three branches in the calf area, supplying blood to the calf and foot. If there is a problem with any part of this arterial blood pathway from the navel to the feet, it can lead to cold legs and feet or intermittent claudication.

There is a simple way to self-test the blood vessels to see if they are open.

Self-test a: stand up, two hands in the pants pocket, to feel the root of their thighs. Under normal circumstances, you can feel the pulsation of the arteries, jumping and jumping. If it doesn’t beat, or beats weakly, there may be a problem, and hospitalization is recommended.

Self-test 2: Lie down flat, take off your shoes and socks, and let your family feel the back of your feet. Under normal circumstances, a weak arterial beat can be felt. This way is somewhat difficult, if you can not accurately determine, it is recommended that the hospital.

How to relieve cold legs and feet?

If it is judged that the cold legs and feet are caused by arterial vascular disease, generally speaking, there are several ways to relieve the cold legs and feet as follows, which correspond to the mild to severe diseases respectively.

Method 1: Walk more, pay attention to keep warm, you can wear thicker socks, comfortable sneakers or cotton shoes, use your hands to gently rub your feet repeatedly, be careful not to be too hard. It is not recommended to soak your feet or bake them with electric heaters.

Method 2: Go to the hospital, you can take some oral vasodilating drugs. Through the action of the drug, dilate the tiny blood vessels in the feet, so that the blood supply is a little more, to relieve the symptoms.

Method 3: If the problem of the artery from the navel to the foot is more serious, then surgery is needed. Minimally invasive interventional therapy is now available to deal with the lesion through a needle eye at the base of the thigh, which may require medication balloon dilatation or stent implantation to address the diseased blood vessels, restore blood flow to the legs, and restore warmth to the cold feet.