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Blood vessel symptoms: Contents

Blood vessel symptoms: Introduction

Further information about Blood vessel symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Blood vessel symptoms: vein symptoms, artery symptoms, cerebrovascular symptoms, varicose veins, aneurysm, blood vessel inflammation, Peripheral vasoconstriction, blood vessel damage or other types.

Blood vessel symptoms: Symptoms affecting the blood vessels. See detailed information below for a list of 217 causes of Blood vessel symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Detailed list of causes of Blood vessel symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Blood vessel symptoms mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Blood vessel symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Blood vessel symptoms. Of the 217 causes of Blood vessel symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 9 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 7 causes are "common" diseases
  • 9 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 6 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 7 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 191 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Blood vessel symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Blood vessel symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • A ?-protein amyloidosis ... stroke
  • Amyloidosis VII ... stroke
  • Amyloidosis, oculoleptomeningeal ... stroke
  • Angioma hereditary neurocutaneous ... stroke
  • Angiopathy, hereditary, with nephropathy, aneurysms and muscle cramps ... aneurysms
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome ... deep vein thrombosis, arterial occlusions, stroke
  • Aorta conditions ... Stroke
  • Aortic dilatation- joint hypermobility- arterial tortuosity ... varicose veins
  • Apo A-I deficiency ... atherosclerosis
  • Arterial dissections with lentiginosis ... arterial dissection
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... red spider veins, telangiectasias
  • Atherosclerosis ... Symptoms of coronary artery disease, Symptoms of brain artery disease, stroke
  • Autonomic Dysreflexia ... stroke
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ... Aneurysms
  • Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease ... varicose veins

    B

  • Barotrauma ... stroke like symptoms
  • Behcet's Disease ... thrombophlebitis (vein inflammation), aneurysm, Blood and blood vessel symptoms, arterial occlusion
  • Binswanger's Disease ... stroke, arteriosclerosis
  • Buerger's disease ... blood vessel inflammation

    C

  • Cadasil ... stroke-like episodes, recurrent strokes
  • Calciphylaxis ... calcification of skin blood vessels
  • Carbon disulfide-induced cardiovascular disease ... atherosclerosis
  • CDG syndrome type 1A ... stroke-like episodes
  • CDG syndrome type I ... stroke-like episodes
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Familial ... stroke
  • Chagas Cardiomyopathy ... aneurysm
  • Chemical-induced cardiovascular disease ... atherosclerosis
  • Chronic necrotizing vasculitis ... blood vessel inflammation
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... spider veins
  • Cohen-Hayden syndrome ... varicose veins
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A ... stroke-like episodes
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1C ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2D ... stroke-like episodes
  • Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Type Ia ... stroke-like episodes
  • Congenital thrombotic disease due to protein C deficiency ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Connective tissue disorders ... weak blood vessels

    D

  • Deep vein thrombosis ... protruding leg veins, enlarged leg veins
  • Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy ... stroke-like episodes
  • Diffuse systemic sclerosi ... blood vessel damage
  • Diphallus - rachischisis - imperforate anus ... blood vessel abnormalities
  • Distichiasis - heart and vasculature anomalies ... arterial disease of legs
  • Dysbarism ... stroke
  • Dyslipidemia ... cerebrovasular disease and kidney disease

    E

  • EDS V ... varicose veins
  • Ehlers Danlos syndrome type 4, autosomal dominant ... varicose veins
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... fragile small blood vessels, weak large blood vessels
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type I ... varicose veins
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV ... varicose veins
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type V ... varicose veins
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI ... arterial rupture
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with periventricular heterotopia ... blood vessel problems
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 6B ... arterial rupture
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, kyphoscoliosis type ... arterial rupture
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, progeroid form ... varicose veins
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type ... varicose veins
  • Endomyocardial fibrosis ... jugular vein distention, stroke
  • Erythema ... engorged small blood vessels
  • Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia ... inflamed blood vessels

    F

  • Factor V Leiden mutation ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Familial venous malformations ... blood vessel abnormalities
  • Felty Syndrome ... blood vessel inflammation
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia of arteries ... cerebral artery lesions, stroke, arterial lesions
  • Fibrosarcoma ... dilated blood vessels

    G

  • Granulomatous Angiitis of the Central Nervous System ... strokes
  • Gronblad-Strandberg-Touraine syndrome ... blood vessel changes

    H

  • Hemorrhagic thrombocythemia ... deep vein thrombosis, central nervous system ischemia
  • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ... deep vein thrombosis, stroke
  • HERNS syndrome ... stroke
  • Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome ... atherosclerosis
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia ... blood vessel abnormalities, atherosclerosis

    I

  • Immune Complex Diseases ... blood vessel inflammation
  • Ischemia ... stroke

    K

  • Kawasaki disease ... coronary aneurysms
  • Klippel Trenaunay Weber syndrome ... varicose veins

    L

  • Lipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Lupus ... vasculitis, stroke

    M

  • MELAS ... Stroke like episodes, brain infarcts
  • Menkes Disease ... arterial elongation
  • Mitochondrial diseases ... stroke-like episodes
  • Mitochondrial diseases, clinically indefinite ... stroke-like episodes
  • Moyamoya Disease ... stroke, recurrent transient ischemic attacks

    N

  • Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome ... blood vessel changes
  • Needlefish bite ... blood vessel damage
  • Neurosyphilis ... stroke
  • Neurosyphilis - general paresis ... stroke
  • Neurosyphilis - meningovascular ... blood vessel damage
  • Nipah virus encephalitis ... vasculitis

    O

  • Osler's disease ... multiple teleangiectasias

    P

  • Parkes-Weber syndrome I ... enlarged veins
  • PHACE association ... aneurysms
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... arterial constriction, inflammation of arteries
  • Polycystic kidney disease, infantile type ... varicose veins
  • Primary angiitis of the central nervous system ... strokes
  • Progeria ... atherosclerosis
  • Protein C deficiency ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Protein S acquired deficiency ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Protein S deficiency ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Proteus like syndrome mental retardation eye defect ... varicose veins
  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum ... blood vessel changes
  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste ... arteriosclerosis
  • Pulmonary edema ... enlarged veins, visible veins, visible veins

    R

  • Raynaud's phenomenon ... small blood vessel constriction (vasospastic attacks)
  • Rheumatoid vasculitis ... blood vessel inflammation
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... blood vessel inflammation
  • Rosacea ... swollen face blood vessels (telangiectasia)

    S

  • Scleroderma ... blood vessel thickening, Telangiectasias
  • Shock, Septic ... dilated blood vessels
  • Sneddon Syndrome ... stroke, arterial disease, central nervous system lesions caused by reduced blood flow to brain
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome ... strokes
  • Stroke ... Less common stroke symptoms
  • Superficial thrombophlebitis ... hard vein
  • Syphilis ... stroke-like symptoms, blood vessel damage if untreated

    T

  • Telangiectasia ... red spider veins
  • Temporal arteritis ... swollen temporal arteries, inflammation of arteries
  • Thrombocythemia ... stroke
  • Thromboembolism ... stroke, stroke-like symptoms
  • Torticollis, keloids, cryptorchidism, renal dysplasia ... varicose veins
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... stroke-like symptoms

    V

  • Varicose eczema ... varicose veins
  • Varicose veins ... enlarged blue or dark purple veins, enlarged leg veins
  • Vascular malformations of the brain ... stroke
  • Velocardiofacial syndrome ... strokes
  • Venous Insufficiency ... varicose veins
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection ... stroke
  • Viral vasculitis not HBV and HCV ... blood vessel inflammation

    W

  • Wagener syndrome ... arteriosclerosis
  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... vasculitis, arterial necrosis, central ocular artery occlusion, stroke
  • Werner syndrome ... atherosclerosis
  • Williams Syndrome ... blood vessel problems
  • Wolfram Syndrome 2 ... stroke-like episodes

    Conditions listing complications: Blood vessel symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Blood vessel symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Accelerated hypertension ... stroke, blood vessel damage
  • Alès dysfibrinogenemia ... stroke
  • Amphetamine abuse ... stroke
  • Aneurysm ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 1 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 2 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 3 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 4 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 5 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 6 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 7 ... stroke
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 8 ... stroke
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome ... arterial occlusions, vasculitis
  • Arteriosclerosis Obliterans ... stroke
  • Atherosclerosis ... stroke, Aneurysm
  • Atrial Fibrillation ... stroke
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ... Aneurysms

    B

  • Bacterial endocarditis ... stroke
  • Behcet's Disease ... aneurysms, stroke
  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... stroke
  • Binswanger's Disease ... stroke
  • Body skin hyperlaxity due to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency ... stroke

    C

  • Cerebral Aneurysm ... vasospasm (spasm of the blood vessels), multiple aneurysms, Rupture of a cerebral aneurysm
  • Cerebral Arteriosclerosis ... stroke, Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Cerebral hemorrhage ... stroke
  • Cerebral ventricle neoplasm ... stroke
  • Clotting disorders ... deep vein thrombosis
  • Cocaine addiction ... stroke
  • Cocaine overdose ... stroke
  • Congenital aneurysms of the great vessels ... stroke
  • Crack addiction ... stroke
  • Crystal meth addiction ... stroke

    D

  • Defective apolipoprotein B-100 ... stroke
  • Diabetes ... vascular neuropathy, Cerebrovascular disease, Stroke
  • Diabetic neuropathy ... blood vessel neuropathy

    E

  • Ecstasy overdose ... stroke
  • Ehlers Danlos syndrome type 4, autosomal dominant ... arterial rupture, carotid artery aneurysm
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV ... carotid artery aneurysms, arterial rupture
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type ... carotid artery aneurysms, arterial rupture
  • Endocarditis, infective ... stroke
  • Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia ... deep vein thrombosis, stroke

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... strokes, impaired arterial circulation
  • Familial Apolipoprotein A-I and C-III Deficiency ... stroke
  • Familial Apolipoprotein A-I, C-III, A-IV Deficiency ... stroke
  • Familial atrial fibrillation ... stroke
  • Familial Hypercholesterolemia ... atherosclerosis, stroke
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... deep vein thrombosis

    G

  • Glucagonoma syndrome ... deep vein thrombosis

    H

  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... damaged blood vessels
  • Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia ... stroke
  • High Cholesterol ... atherosclerosis, stroke
  • HIV/AIDS ... stroke
  • Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia ... stroke
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Hypertension ... hardened arteries, cerebrovascular disease, stroke, stroke
  • Hypertension due to coarctation of the aorta ... stroke
  • Hypoalphalipoproteinemia (generic term) ... atherosclerosis
  • Hypoalphalipoproteinemia, primary ... atherosclerosis

    I

  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ... stroke
  • Infective endocarditis ... stroke

    K

  • Kawasaki disease ... aneurysm

    L

  • Lassa fever ... Peripheral vasoconstriction
  • Lupus ... vasculitis, stroke

    M

  • Malignant hypertension ... stroke, blood vessel damage
  • MELAS ... Stroke-like episodes
  • Meningococcal disease ... blood vessel damage
  • Menkes Disease ... brain arterial thrombosis, artery problems
  • Menopause ... stroke
  • Methamphetamine overdose ... stroke
  • Moyamoya Disease ... stroke
  • Multi-Infarct Dementia ... stroke
  • Multifocal fibrosclerosis ... deep vein thrombosis

    N

  • Narcotic addiction ... stroke
  • Neurosyphilis - meningovascular ... stroke
  • Nicolau syndrome ... arterial embolism
  • Nicotine addiction ... blood vessel damage

    P

  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... aneurysms, aneurysm, arterial rupture
  • Polychondritis ... aneurysm
  • Polycystic kidney disease ... aneurysms, cerebral aneurysms
  • Polycythemia vera ... stroke
  • Premature aging ... arteriosclerosis, cerebral stroke
  • Progeria ... stroke

    R

  • Rambaud-Galian syndrome ... aneurysms
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... blood vessel inflammation
  • Rheumatoid vasculitis ... stroke

    S

  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... stroke
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... blood vessel complications, blood vessel inflammation
  • Sleep apnea ... stroke
  • Smoking ... peripheral artery disease
  • Stroke ... recurrent strokes, Complications of a brain stem stroke, Complications of a cerebellar stroke
  • Syphilis ... aneurysms

    T

  • Thrombosis ... stroke
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... Stroke
  • Type 1 diabetes ... vascular neuropathy, Cerebrovascular disease, Stroke
  • Type 2 diabetes ... vascular neuropathy, Cerebrovascular disease, Stroke
  • Type I Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type Ia Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type Ib Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type Ic Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type II Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type IIa Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type IIb Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type III Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type IV Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Type V Hyperlipoproteinemia ... stroke

    V

  • Varicose veins ... deep-vein thrombosis, venous insufficiency

    W

  • Werner syndrome ... arteriosclerosis, cerebral stroke

    X

  • Xanthoma ... atherosclerosis

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    • Causes of Blood vessel symptoms Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Blood vessel symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Blood vessel symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Blood vessel symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Blood vessel symptoms:

    Subtypes of Blood vessel symptoms:

    Vein symptoms (41 causes), Artery symptoms (29 causes), Cerebrovascular symptoms (48 causes), Varicose veins (49 causes), Aneurysm (6 causes), Blood vessel inflammation (8 causes), Peripheral vasoconstriction, Blood vessel damage (3 causes), Vasculitis (3 causes), Capillary refill time, increased, Intracranial bruit, Venous hum, Bulging abdominal veins, Bulging neck veins (1 cause), Bulging veins (1 cause), Deep vein thrombosis (9 causes), Engorged Neck Veins, Engorged scalp veins, Jugular vein distention (1 cause), Varicose Abdominal Veins, Vein bruise, Vein pain, Vein swelling, Venous insufficiency, Telangiectasias (6 causes), Stroke symptoms (49 causes), Aneurysms (4 causes), Arteriosclerosis (3 causes), Atherosclerosis (7 causes), Spider Naevi (3 causes), Telangiectasia (26 causes), TIA, Arterial hypertension (9 causes)

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    Artery symptoms (29 causes), Vein symptoms (41 causes), Vein disorders, Artery disorders, Vascular pain, Aneurysm (6 causes), Blood vessel inflammation (8 causes), Peripheral vasoconstriction, Blood vessel damage (3 causes), Vasculitis (3 causes), Increased capillary refill time, Intracranial bruit, Venous hum, Bulging abdominal veins

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