Why Peripheral Artery Disease Patients Must Walk Through Pain | Dr. Anahita Dua
Walking is the best medicine for preventing, treating, and managing peripheral artery disease (PAD).
P.A.D. is a narrowing of the arteries which occurs in the peripherals, mainly the legs, caused by plaque build-up. Symptoms include leg pain, leg cramps, tingling, neuropathy, skin discoloration, non-healing foot sores. Click HERE to check your symptoms.
Risk factors include age, heredity, diabetes, obesity, smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure.
Your physician may order an Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) test, which uses blood pressure cuffs to measure the blood pressure on your legs versus that of your arms or an artery ultrasound. An ABI test can offer a false normal result if your vessels are highly calcified and diabetic. If you are experiencing symptoms such as leg pain, leg cramps, numbness, tingling, or have a non-healing ulcer on your foot, ask for a follow-up ultrasound.
P.A.D. is treatable with medicine, walking, intervention, and surgery. A regimented walking program is frontline therapy as it accelerates your body's ability to expand a smaller network of vessels to re-route flow around narrowed arteries.
To watch Dr. Anahita Dua's full video interview talking about how to walk effectively to grow natural bypasses in your legs, use this link, where we award her with the most impactful educational video of the year award and follow with a candid conversation about walking as medicine: https://youtube.com/live/rV68S8NC8AQ?...
Disclaimer:
The Go With The Flow series is for educational and informational purposes only.
Information provided does not necessarily reflect the views of the Global PAD Association or Reflow Medical.
Reflow Medial is a sponsor for this series offered through the Global PAD Association and does not have influence over its content.
The information and advice offered are not a substitute for medical advice from your own supervising physician.
Do NOT act on any information provided in this series without the explicit consent from your healthcare team.
If you are experiencing leg pain, leg cramps, neuropathy, have toe or foot wounds that won't heal, ask your physician to test for Peripheral Artery Disease.
Go to PADhelp.org or call the Leg Saver Hotline for additional information about PAD.
If you think you are having a medical emergency call your local emergency number or go to the nearest emergency department.
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