How is claudication diagnosed?

A leg symptom that has a name attached, claudication, raises the question of how it is found out.

It starts with an exam

my.clevelandclinic.org says: To find out if you have claudication — or how severe your case is — your healthcare provider will perform a physical exam.

The source names a physical exam, and it covers two questions at once, whether you have claudication and how bad it is.

Reading alongside

If you want to read on, the NHLBI symptoms page and the NHLBI treatment page cover peripheral artery disease, and MedlinePlus offers a second publisher on peripheral arterial disease.

Readers across Mokena and New Lenox can use all three.

The question to ask during the exam

Ask what the clinician is checking for as they examine you and how they would tell a mild case from a severe one. Ask for that explanation before any treatment is proposed.