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Claudication
Claudication
Claudication, literally 'limping', is a medical term usually referring to impairment in walking, or a "painful, aching, cramping, uncomfortable, or tired feeling in the legs that occurs during walking and is relieved by rest". The perceived level of pain from claudication can be mild to extremely severe. Claudication is most common in the calves but it can also affect the feet, thighs, hips, buttocks, or arms. The word "claudication" comes from the Latin "claudicare" meaning to limp. The Roman emperor Claudius (who ruled from A.D. 41-54) was so named because he limped, probably because of a birth defect...
Claudication - List of case studies
- Neuropathic Pain with Neuralgic Features
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Her symptoms are not typical for intermittent claudication . I do not think that her peripheral vascular disease or venous ... (shock-like) pain attacks , neuropathic pain, intermittent claudication, muscle weakness, neuralgic attacks, sudden intense pain, motor ...
- List of Symptoms
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Chills Chronic fatigue Chronic pain Claudication Coalition symptoms Cognitive loss Cold sensation ... (both legs) Intensive meteorism Intermittent claudication Intermittent feeling of pressure in the toes ...
- Axonal and Demyelinative Sensorimotor Neuropathy
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is a component of the history, therefore, that suggests claudication (neurogenic or vascular), since rest ameliorates the foot ... for two reasons: First, there is a suggestion of claudication and if the peripheral vasculature is normal, then evidence for ...