07 July 2012

Peripheral Artery Disease and Smoking

Smoking, although the short term, it increases the risk of disease Peripheral artery. We now know that smoking is a major cause of heart disease, kanser and lung disease.

Smoking is also the number one cause of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). PAD is a serious, often debilitating disorder, it is caused by narrowing of the arteries of the lower leg. PAD symptoms include pain in the leg during normal and do aktiviti muscle fatigue in the legs.

A careful review of sihat women initially aged 45 years and upwards certifies that smoking is a strong risk factor for symptoms of peripheral arterial disease, or PAD.


The investigation followed by 38.825 women in the category of smokers, with an average had smoked for 12.7 years to determine as no smoking increases a woman's risk of PAD and is there to stop smoking reduce this risk.

The investigators found that smoking increases a woman's risk of PAD by 10 times over. Quit smoking reduce the risk, but, although after stopping smoking for 20 years, the risk was not lower than a woman who never smoked.

Smoking is harmful to blood vessels to expedite the formation of plaque on artery walls and increases the formation of clogged leg arteries. Smoking narrows blood vessels and causes blood to clot. As a result, smoking causes PAD to get worse faster. It increases the chances of having foot pain (or claudication) even when berehat, lost a leg due to be cut.

PAD also increases the risk of heart attack. As many as one rather than two people with PAD who continue to smoke will have a heart attack or wind Ahmar or die within 5 years.

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