intermittent claudication

noun

1. pathol pain and cramp in the calf muscles, aggravated by walking and caused by an insufficient supply of blood

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One symptom called "intermittent claudication" occurs when pain develops in the calf, thigh or buttock muscles after walking short distances and subsides after rest.

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Cilostazol, also sold as Ekistol, is used for treatment of intermittent claudication, or limping, usually as a result of arterial disease.

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The treatment of intermittent claudication is the treatment of arteriosclerosis in general.

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The patient is liable to sudden attacks of numbness, tingling and weakness of the limbs which pass off with rest—intermittent claudication.

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Probably the most frequently seen result of arteriosclerosis in the leg arteries is the remarkable condition, first described by Charcot, known as intermittent claudication.

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