intermittent claudication

British

noun

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.

From US News

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

From Reuters

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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