Symptoms of vasculitis in the arm

summary

Vasculitis is a very common disease, when it appears, it mainly appears in our lower limbs, not in our upper limbs, but what kind of symptoms will the arm appear vasculitis? I believe many people don't quite understand. So the arm vasculitis is also a very serious disease, if not treated as early as possible, it will pose a great threat, and also cause a lot of inconvenience to the life of patients. Today we will specifically understand the symptoms of arm vasculitis.

Symptoms of vasculitis in the arm

Arm vasculitis is also suitable for lower limb vasculitis, has a very serious performance, patients in the early stage, the end of the arm will be more afraid of cold, and there will be numbness symptoms, will produce no obvious pain, weaving skin color will be pale, and the temperature is relatively low. Some patients will have superficial thrombophlebitis. In the mid-term, the pain will be severe, unable to move normally, and the skin will become too dry, will produce atrophy. Later, limb ischemia will occur seriously, which will seriously affect the life of patients.

Mid stage: the affected limb is cold, afraid of cold, numbness, pain and intermittent claudication aggravation, with rest pain, severe pain at night, holding the foot and sitting, sleepless all night. Foot skin dystrophy is characterized by pale, red, purplish red or purplish skin color, reduced or no sweating of feet, slow, flat and deformed growth of toenails, dry, desquamated, atrophic and elastic skin, loose and sparse sweat hairs, and leg muscle atrophy. The pulsation of peripheral artery disappeared. Severe ischemia may be accompanied by ischemic neuritis. The intermediate symptom is the transitional period of diagnosis of finger vasculitis.

Later stage: due to severe ischemia of the affected limbs, ulcers or gangrene occur at the extremities, often starting from the toes and gradually spreading upward. Gangrene is dry or wet, most of which are limited to the toes or feet, and can also involve the ankle or leg. Seriously affect the quality of life of patients.

matters needing attention

Vasculitis is a very harmful disease, it can appear in all parts of the body, such as lower limbs or upper limbs, and the whole body will have similar symptoms. Or in the emergence of vasculitis is a serious vascular allergic disease, arm vasculitis is not common in clinical, so we will easily ignore this disease, so when patients with vasculitis must be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. In life, we should also actively prevent the formation of vasculitis, including endocrine and environmental and living habits.