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Results 1 - 10 of 2,980 for Blood Vessels
  1. Diabetic Eye Problems (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... Over time, high blood sugar may damage the blood vessels and lenses in your eyes. This can lead ... cause of blindness in American adults. It affects blood vessels in the retina (the light-sensitive layer of ...
  2. Vascular Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... Your vascular system is your body's network of blood vessels. It includes your: Arteries, which carry oxygen-rich ... back to your heart Capillaries, which are tiny blood vessels that connect your small arteries to your small ...
  3. Some changes in the heart and blood vessels normally occur with age. However, many other changes that are common with aging are due to or worsened by modifiable factors. If ...
  4. Vasculitis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body's immune system attacks the blood vessel by mistake. It can happen because of an infection, a medicine, ...
  5. Diabetic Foot (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... when high blood sugar damages the nerves and blood vessels in the feet. The nerve damage, called diabetic ... infection may not heal well because the damaged blood vessels can cause poor blood flow in your feet. ...
  6. Raynaud's Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Raynaud's disease is a rare disorder of the blood vessels, usually in the fingers and toes. It causes the blood vessels to narrow when you are cold or feeling ...
  7. Kawasaki Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... type of vasculitis, which is inflammation of the blood vessels. Kawasaki disease is serious, but most children can ... disease happens when the immune system injures the blood vessels by mistake. Researchers do not fully know why ...
  8. How Smoking Affects the Heart and Blood Vessels From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    Learn about how smoking impacts your heart and blood vessels and why it’s important to quit.
  9. ... or life-threatening problems with the heart and blood vessels in people who have had a stroke, heart ... coronary stents (metal tubes surgically placed in clogged blood vessels to improve blood flow) or who have coronary ...
  10. ... by decreasing certain natural chemicals that tighten the blood vessels, so blood vessels relax and the heart can pump blood more ... treated, can cause damage to the brain, heart, blood vessels, kidneys and other parts of the body. Damage ...
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