THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF HARMFUL HABITS AND HERITABLE FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC VASCULAR DISEASES

Chronic Arterial Insufficiency of the Limb is a condition of chronical reduction of blood flow delivered from the arteries to a limb. It is also known as Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). The most commonly affected are the aorto-iliac segment and the arteries of the lower extremities. The most common causes are diabetes and / or atherosclerosis, but the bad habits and hereditarity are also important. The varicose disease is a process of superficial venous dilatation of the lower extremities. The most important reason of chronic venous disease is correlated with hereditary factors and the bad habbits. The secondary varicose is caused by malformations, traumatism and deep vein thrombosis. The lymphedema is a chronic disease, manifested by slowly progressing edema of the skin and skin. Due to the reduction of the transport function of the lymphatic system – the flow of lymph slows that leads to an increase in fluid in the intercellular space- edema. May affect any part of the body, but most often are affected one of the upper or lower limb. Purpose: evaluation of the bad habits and the hereditary factors as a reason for chronical vascular diseases. Methodology: for the purpose of this study a new anonymous questionnaires were created. Results: this study includes patients with chronical vascular diseases and was made in university hospital – clinic of Vascular surgery and in healthcare medical center. Conclusions: The bad habits and the hereditary factors are the main reason for development of chronical vascular diseases.