The blood is propelled back to the heart by your heart pumping and actions of your calf and foot muscles during walking and ankle movement. Blood is pumped from the heart to the rest of the body through the arteries and returns through the veins. Venous hypertension / insufficiency happens when high pressure in the veins in your legs causes substances from the blood to leak into your tissues.
Seek advice from your local pharmacy, practice nurse or GP as this could be the early signs of venous hypertension or insufficiency in the leg veins.Ĭauses – what causes hemosiderin? Venous hypertension / insufficiency
RANDOM BRUISES ON LEGS NHS SKIN
Do you have heavy aching legs after a long day’s work or notice swelling that is increasing or skin changes which may include darker brown or reddish staining and dry itchy skin patches. Consider and observeĭoes your occupation involve you having to stand for long periods, are you tall or do you have a family history of varicose veins or leg ulcers. However, you may notice more unusual changes such as darker or brown staining on your lower legs above your ankles. It may lose its softness, elasticity and smoothness over time.
Our skin naturally changes as we get older. The change you see will depend on your skin tone. This shows up as a brown stain on the skin. And when the red blood cells die, iron released from the haemoglobin is converted into haemosiderin and stored in the tissue beneath the skin. Haemosiderin staining, also known as venous staining occurs when red blood cells pass through the smallest blood vessels (capillaries).
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