What is Poor Circulation?How healthcare at home services are helpful.

Poor circulation happens when something interferes with patient’s complex, far- reaching circulatory system.The main function of this system is  that it delivers blood, oxygen and nutrients to patient’s entire body.

When patient’s heart, veins, arteries and other blood vessels are healthy, they circulate at proper timing.It’s a continuous cycle of bringing oxygen and other necessities to patient’s cells and taking away waste.

Obstacles in patient’s blood vessels make it hard for blood to get through.Normally it  affects that parts of  body which are longer in distance or away from your heart for example fingers and toes. The biggest problem with poor circulation is that cells don’t get much oxygen as  per requirement.When cells don’t have the oxygen they need, their functioning impairs.

How does poor circulation affect patient’ body?

Elders may feel pain, numbness, tingling or cold in the parts of patient’s body that have bad circulation. Often, poor circulation symptoms affect elderly patient’s legs, hands, fingers, feet and toes.

What are the symptoms?

• Normal walking can lead to pain in muscular regions and patient feel weak .
• Pins and needles sensation on elderly patient’s skin.
• Numbness
• Swelling
• Bulging of veins 

Causes

• When blood is pushing against patient’s blood vessel walls with a lot force, it weakens them. This makes it harder for blood to move through them.
• Having too much glucose in patient blood can harm blood vessels.
• When patient’s blood pressure goes up, it can damage the walls and valves of patient’s veins. Blood inside varicose veins can flow the wrong way.

How to reduce the risk of poor circulation? 

• The patient Attendant can involve their clients in gentle bed exercises. 
• It is important for the patient to maintain their optimal body weight. Medical attendants can always keep a record 
• Balanced and nutritious diet plays important role. It becomes the duty of patient care taker to keep their patients healthy.
• If the patient is suffering from high blood pressure and other diseases like diabetes.Then, monitoring of BP and keeping a track of sugar levels by patient caregiver plays important part.Many other type of complications can be prevented.