What Is Claudication?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
9. What Else Can You Do to Prevent Claudication?
Because claudication is a symptom of an underlying medical condition, managing these risk factors may help you avoid claudication. Therefore, you should try to maintain a healthy weight and manage your cholesterol by eating low-fat dairy products, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and unsaturated fats. You shouldn’t start smoking, and if you already smoke, you should quit.
Compression stockings help to improve the flow of blood in your legs. A clinical study in 2015 proved them helpful for relieving claudication at rest and increasing the amount of time patients could walk without pain when worn over 16 weeks for two hours a day.
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