How much do you know about this?
You should be aware of the complication of this disease to keep yourself.
Peripheral artery disease is a warning sign because if you have a plaque in your legs, you probably have it in another site, too. It may occur in the arteries of your heart (coronary artery disease).
Also, it may build in your kidney (renal artery disease). You may have it also in the arteries of your brain, leading to a stroke.
If you have the disease and diabetes, you will be at a high risk of critical limb ischemia. The prognosis of this disease in diabetic patients is worse.
Diabetic patients with peripheral artery disease are five times more likely to have an amputation than other patients with that disease.
