Arterial and Venous Insufficiency

SIGNS OF ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY IN THE EXTREMITIES


1. Pale color on elevation, dusky red color when lowered
2. Cool to touch
3. Decreased or absent peripheral pulses
4. Little or no edema
5. Thin, shiny skin and decreased growth of hair
6. Thickened nails
7. Pain unrelieved by rest and/or activity
8. Chronic pain may be either steady or intermittent
9. Claudication pain as tight feeling, burning, fatigue, ache or cramping


SIGNS OF VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY IN THE EXTREMITIES


1. Skin color reddish brown or cyanotic if extremity lowered
2. Normal temperature
3. Normal pulse
4. Often marked edema, usually foot to calf
5. Brown pigmentation around ankles