Buerger’s disease, medically known as\u00a0thromboangiitis obliterans, is a rare disease affecting the arteries and veins located in the arms and legs. With this condition, your blood vessels swell, inhibiting blood flow and sometimes even leading to blockages from blood clots (thrombi).<\/p>\n
Over time, this damages, and\u00a0in some cases, destroys skin tissues and may lead to infection and gangrene. Symptoms of Buerger’s disease, including pain and inflammation, are\u00a0usually first experienced in your hands and feet and may eventually affect larger areas of your arms and legs.<\/p>\n
The vast majority of those diagnosed with Buerger’s disease smoke cigarettes or use other forms of tobacco, such as chewing tobacco. To avoid this condition and its consequences, you must stop using all forms of tobacco. Otherwise, you are putting yourself at risk for amputation of all or part of a limb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Buerger’s disease, medically known as\u00a0thromboangiitis obliterans, is a rare disease affecting the arteries and veins located in the arms and legs. With this condition, your blood vessels swell, inhibiting blood flow and sometimes even leading to blockages from blood clots (thrombi). Over time, this damages, and\u00a0in some cases, destroys skin tissues and may lead to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1073,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/conditions.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n