60 | www. Char l es tonPhys i c i ans . com | www.Hea l thL i nksChar l es ton . com Dr. Zachary M. Arthurs has been with Coastal Vascular & Vein Center for a year, and he has already experienced a patient/physician partnership that exemplifies not just how arterial disease creeps up on and cripples people but also how, together, a patient and a physician can map out the lifestyle changes and treatment needed to provide the patient with pain-free movement. Wanda came to CVVC with intermittent leg pain so fierce that she could walk only 100 feet before she had to stop. If she went any further, she knew the piercing, charley-horse-like pain would come. Dr. Arthurs came to Coastal Vascular & Vein Center as a decorated retired lieutenant colonel in U.S Army with almost 15 years of vascular surgery experience. During his time serving the country, he led the prestigious Vascular Surgery Department at Brooke Army Medical Center. Wanda and Dr. Arthurs became an impressive success story. “She is an incredible woman, retired and knew a life of activity and strong friendships before the pain,” Dr. Arthurs explained. “The leg pain was so severe, she withdrew from her social circle, she stopped walking with her friends, she got depressed and eating became an outlet. She was miserable and she had diabetes.” Wanda also had artery blockages in both thighs – 100% blockages, Dr. Arthur confirmed. Blockages that pulled blood flow down to 50%. CVVC’s website offers a host of resources with descriptions, symptoms and treatment options for arterial and vascular diseases (coastalvvc.com). Dr. Arthurs also offers a few analogies to explain the complex causes of maladies such as diabetic vascular disease and peripheral arterial disease. • Analogy #1: Arteries are the pipes that bring everything to every organ. Usually the most common area of blockage are the legs, but blockages, which are comprised of plaque and debris, also appear in the heart, brain and kidneys. • Analogy #2: Arteries are like water hoses. Without a kink in the hose, a good gush of water flows out the end. With one kink, there might be some flow; with additional kinks, the flow completely stops. 843.577.4551 | coastalvvc.com WHERE SUCCESS STORIES HAPPEN EVERY DAY By Lisa Moody Breslin Dr. Zachary M. Arthurs SPONSORED MEDICAL CONTENT
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