Key Symptoms Of Peripheral Vascular Disease

Pale Or Thin Skin

Peripheral vascular disease may result in pale or thin skin in an affected individual. The pink coloring of an individual's skin is the result of constant saturation of oxygen-rich blood and the way light reflects off of it through the skin. When the blood vessels under the skin are saturated with oxygen-poor blood, the color of the skin appears green or blue. However, an individual's skin will become pale or white when there is a lack of any kind of blood presence. Peripheral vascular disease patients have an accumulation of plaque in the arteries that supply the leg tissues with oxygenated blood. This plaque leaves less space for blood to move through, which means a lower volume of blood can reach the lower legs and feet. An affected individual may experience pale or white skin on their legs when laying down or when the legs are elevated due to the reduced effect of gravity on the oxygenated blood attempting to move through their arteries. Thin skin may develop after a long duration of time where there has been reduced blood supply to the affected limb because the skin cells cannot regenerate as fast as they are dying off.

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