Click To Call The irritating pain in your legs after climbing the stairs could reveal more than just your age it could indicate that you might be suffering from peripheral vascular disease (PVD) a disease of the blood vessels outside of the heart and brain.
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Leg pain could signal peripheral vascular disease risk


Posted on Nov 17, 2008

Symptoms of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) include pain, numbness, aching or heaviness in the leg muscles when walking or climbing stairs. Symptoms may also include cramping in the legs, buttocks, thighs, calves and feet.

Factors that can cause plaque buildup include smoking, high amounts of certain fats in the blood, high blood pressure and high amounts of sugar in the blood due to diabetes, said Thomas Livingston, M.D., radiologist on the medical staff at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth.

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