Vascular Disease: Signs Worth Recognising

Today's the 1st of September, and it's Vascular Disease Awareness Month, and it's also Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month. So it's probably a good time to talk more broadly about vascular disease: problems with your arteries, your veins, your aorta, blood clots, leg wounds and circulation.

Later this month, on the 19th of September, we mark Aortic Dissection Awareness Day, and on the 29th of September it's World Heart Day. And this matters because cardiovascular diseases share many of the same risk factors, and what affects the heart affects the blood vessels all over the body.

So over the next 30 days, I'm going to try and post one short video a day about your vascular health. We'll cover leg pain when walking, poor circulation, diabetic foot wounds, varicose veins, blood clots, aortic aneurysms, aortic dissections, and when you should seek proper vascular assessment. So follow along this month, and tomorrow I'm going to start with one of the most commonly missed warning signs of peripheral arterial disease.