Intermittent claudication

An intermittent claudication ( German: intermittent claudication, or umgangsspr. " Claudication " ) occurs as a finding in various pain conditions that temporarily subside, respectively, as at

• Of peripheral arterial disease ( in the second stage of the disease )
• Of abdominal angina (synonym: intermittent claudication, abdominal )
• Orthopedic disorders or degenerative changes (as intermittent claudication spinalis)

The colloquial name " claudication " is explained by the fact that victims suffer due to circulatory disorders after a short physical activity pain caused by lack of oxygen (ischemia). Force this pain then adjust the activity in those affected. For example, the complaints not notice when shopping other persons concerned often remain before shop windows, until the pain.

Benjamin Collins Brodie first described the intermittent claudication.

• Disease symptom
• Disease in angiology
• Disease in vascular surgery
• Disease in visceral surgery
• Disease in neurology
• Disease in orthopedic and trauma surgery