calcified arteries treatment in Jordan

Calcified arteries is the term used for narrowing and stiffening of an artery caused by fatty plaques in which calcium salts have been deposited over time, so the channel narrows, the wall loses its elasticity and less blood reaches the muscles and tissues beyond the narrowing. Treating it in vascular practice means two things at once: slowing the disease throughout the body, and restoring blood flow to the affected limb or territory when that is needed. In the leg arteries — the presentation most patients attend with — the complaint begins as pain or tightness in the calf, thigh or hip that appears after a certain walking distance and settles after standing still for a few minutes, with that distance shortening over time. As the narrowing progresses the foot becomes cold and pale, hair and nail growth weaken, pain appears in the foot at rest, waking the patient at night and easing when the leg hangs down, and wounds and ulcers fail to heal, particularly in people with diabetes, sometimes reaching the point of blackened toes. The cornerstone of treatment is control of risk factors, and complete cessation of smoking is by far the most important and the one with the greatest influence on the future of the limb. Next comes a structured walking programme with proven benefit in increasing walking distance, control of diabetes, blood pressure, lipids and weight, and medicines prescribed to reduce platelet aggregation and lower lipids. If that fails, or if the limb is threatened, revascularisation is considered: catheter angioplasty with or without a stent — heavily calcified segments require special tools to prepare the artery — or a surgical bypass around the blocked segment, together with specialist wound and foot care. What treatment does not do must be clear. Angioplasty and stents restore flow locally; they do not remove calcium from the body and they do not stop atherosclerosis progressing, and a stent itself can re-narrow. Treatment cannot revive tissue that has died. And there is no medicine, supplement, herbal mixture, cupping or diet that cleans calcium out of arteries — this is a common and dangerous myth, and relying on it delays effective treatment and can cost a patient their foot. Narrowed leg arteries are also a signal that the heart and brain arteries are exposed to the same disease, so treatment protects the heart and brain, not the leg alone. Not every leg pain is arterial narrowing; it may arise from nerves, the spine, joints or veins. In young smokers, limb artery occlusion may be an inflammatory disease — Buerger's disease — rather than calcification, and its essential treatment is complete cessation of all forms of tobacco. Suitability for catheter or surgical treatment is determined by clinical examination, ankle-brachial index, Doppler and imaging, not by reading and not by the severity of pain alone.