Penn State Health: The Medical Minute - Cramps in the Legs Could Indicate Peripheral Artery Disease
November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019
HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 -- Penn State Health issued the following news:
Peripheral artery disease develops silently, narrowing blood vessels for decades until the supply of nutrients and oxygen falls low enough to cause cramps and leg pain.
Initially, the body may form smaller blood vessels around the blocked ones to reroute some blood.
Once the condition advances, those who experience it can develop severe leg cramps when they walk a lot, but that t . . .
Peripheral artery disease develops silently, narrowing blood vessels for decades until the supply of nutrients and oxygen falls low enough to cause cramps and leg pain.
Initially, the body may form smaller blood vessels around the blocked ones to reroute some blood.
Once the condition advances, those who experience it can develop severe leg cramps when they walk a lot, but that t . . .