Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Q&A
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Margaret Arnold is a vascular surgeon at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center who treats patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). She discusses evaluating, diagnosing and treating PAD; risk factors for PAD; and how to prevent the disease. For more www.hopkinsmedi...
Walking five blocks?? I was lucky to walk two blocks - I only had 25% blood flow to my right leg. Don't wait like I did - get it looked at by a vascular doctor!
The dislikes are plaque in the arteries
a powerful surgeon
Very informative, thanks
saturated fats are good for the arteries starch and sugar vegetable oils are the problem.
Is there any medication?
They gave me one of the "statin" drugs along with one called "cilostazol". Exercise + walking daily has been a boon to my progress.
@@infinitesentient3545 any side affects while taking those two?!!
My mom she is 80 and diagnosed with mild plaque in lower extremities, could she treated with oral medication or need angioplasty with mild plaque please ?
HI, thank you for reaching out to us. We’re very sorry to hear about what your mom is going through. Unfortunately, because each person’s medical situation is different, we are unable to provide treatment recommendations or second opinions via this form of communication.
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No know.
Some one give me advice or help me i dont wanna die young please someone help me
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