What is peripheral artery disease?

A leg symptom you cannot name sends many people in Mokena searching. Peripheral artery disease, usually shortened to PAD, is one of the names that turns up.

The short definition

my.clevelandclinic.org gives it in one line: Peripheral artery disease limits blood flow in your leg arteries.

Sources worth reading next

The overview of vascular disease covers the wider group of vascular conditions. The NHLBI page on peripheral artery disease is the place to see how a federal institute describes it. MedlinePlus also keeps an encyclopedia entry on plethysmography, a term you may run into while reading.

All three sources are open to readers across Mokena and New Lenox.

What to ask a clinician

Ask whether what you feel fits that definition and what they would check to find out. You are entitled to hear the reason behind any test before you agree to it.