Do you experience leg pain when climbing up the stairs? Do your legs hurt more frequently?
Your leg pain might be telling something...
You could be suffering from peripheral vascular disease (PVD), a disease of the blood vessels outside of the heart and brain. It happens when plaque buildup in the inner lining of artery walls causing narrowing of the blood vessels.
According to Thomas Livingston, MD, a radiologist at Baylor All Saints Medical Center, This can be caused by smoking, high amount of certain fats in the blood, hypertension and diabetes.
Symptoms include numbness, aching or heaviness in leg muscles, pain, and leg cramps. However 50% of the patients inflicted with PVD don't have symptoms.
PVD can be treated. Patient should change his / her lifestyle, quit smoking, work on lowering blood pressure and regular exercise, medications or surgery.
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