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Originally Posted by rose_thorn98
How did your Vascular specialist diagnose your PVD. I get the change of color in my feet too and they cannot diagnose me. I truly think mine is also vascular but my Dr. doesn't think so. He just told me to wear support stockings. I'm only 37 and was very healthy until my feet started to burn 6 months ago.
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When my vascular doctor couldn't find a pulse in my feet that's when he decided to do the angiogram in my legs to see if there was any blockages. He found my arteries are very narrowed and small and blood wasn't going through very well. He injected nitroglycerin into the arteries and it made them dilate and the blood started flowing so no I'm on the nifedipine to dilate the blood vessels.
It really sucks dealing with something like this especially at our age. I'm 35 and most doctors wouldn't even think of performing that on someone my age. My doctor even said that he thought it was a long shot but that he didn't have any other ideas to try so he wanted to try that. If your doctor isn't doing enough, demand to see someone else in the same office. That's a lot easier than starting all over with a new doctor in another office.
By the way, those support stockings do not work. I've tried different socks, shoes, lotions, powders, etc.