Get Back on Your Feet by Treating Peripheral Arterial Disease at Right Time
Peripheral arterial disease is a condition that affects the efficiency of blood
flow in the arteries mostly in the lower limbs. Fatty plaques and scar tissue
are built up which clog the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the
heart to the legs. The main cause of this narrowing of arteries is
atherosclerosis, also called hardening of the arteries. It is estimated that
about 50 % of the population above 60 years of age suffers from PAD. Patients
with peripheral arterial disease are at high risk of amputation (loss of the
affected part of leg), heart attack, paralysis and death. Early treatment of
PAD is the best way to avoid these complications.

Symptoms Of Peripheral Arterial Disease:

➤ Cramping in thigh, hip or calf after activities like walking or climbing stairs –         intermittent claudication.

➤ Pain in the leg at rest.

➤ Numb and weak leg.

➤ Cold foot or lower leg.

➤ Painful Ulcers in the leg.

➤ Blackening / gangrene.

➤ Sometimes it may happen that no symptoms persist in the patient.