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Vascular medicine or angiology is that the medicine concerned with the functioning and diseases of the lymphatic and circulatory systems, which include veins, arteries and little blood vessels (microcirculation).A vascular specialist is additionally sometimes mentioned as an angiologist. As the circulatory system connects all organs, vascular medicine lies at the crossroads of many other fields , including:Vascularsurgery,Interventionalradiology,Internalmedicine,Cardiology,Neurology,Dermatology,Nephrology and diabetology. Angiology may be a highly technical specialty and requires access to state-of-the-art equipment, particularly in imaging. The patient should therefore seek the recommendation of their GP or pharmacist to make sure the angiologist has the right means at their disposal. Certain signs may suggest a circulatory problem:Heavy and/or swollen legs,Sore limbs,Shortness of breath,Blue hands or feet, etc.The patient is advised to see their GP who may seek the expert opinion of an angiologist. "A man is as healthy, as healthy are his arteries." This wise saying reflects the fact that our arteries that carry blood to all tissues and organs are seriously importatnt to the proper functioning of our body. From the twentieth year of age, sometimes even earlier, there is an inflammatory reaction of the inner lining of the arteries called endothelial dysfunction. This worsens with increasing age, and leads to atherosclerosis, i.e. formation of sediments of fat in the walls of the arteries. This process can be compared to corroding of aging pipelines.    

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