Buerger's disease

Buerger's disease
/berr"geuhrz/, Pathol.
an inflammatory and obliterative disease of the blood vessels of the legs and feet causing numbness and tingling, often leading to phlebitis and gangrene: most common in cigarette smokers.
[named after Leo Buerger (1879-1943), U.S. physician, who described it in 1908]

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also called  Thromboangiitis Obliterans,  

      inflammation of the peripheral arteries primarily, which occurs chiefly in men from adolescence to middle age. The cause is unknown but may be hypersensitivity, especially to tobacco, because affected persons are often heavy smokers. As in peripheral arteriosclerosis, the disease causes intermittent lameness and pain during periods of rest. Buerger's disease may eventually block arteries and cause gangrene. Some authorities classify the disease as atherosclerosis.

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