Anyone out there been diagnose with PVD?

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

DOUBT IF THERE ARE MANY, BUT PLEAZ CONTACT ME IF YOU DO

doh some dr, read the q ....not asking WAT is, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Peripheral vascular disease is caused by the build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in your arteries.
Symptoms depend on what artery is affected and how severely the blood flow is reduced. For example, you may experience a dull, cramping pain, numbness or tingling, or a change in skin color.

diagnosed by ankle brachial index (ABI) test, an ultrasound Doppler test, or an angiogram

Peripheral vascular disease may be treated with medication, surgery, minimally invasive interventional procedures
While medications do not eliminate the narrowing of arteries, they can help improve the efficiency of the heart and reduce symptoms such as leg pain, claudication, and hypertension.

In some cases, bypass surgery may be required in the peripheral arteries if the atherosclerosis is severe enough. Bypass surgery is a way of creating new channels to carry blood around the blocked areas in your peripheral arteries. With the patient under general anesthesia, surgeons take a portion of a small blood vessel from the leg or chest to use as the new "bypass artery." They sew or "graft" one end of the bypass to the affected artery and the other end to the artery beyond the narrowed area. Blood then flows through the new grafted vessel, "bypassing" or avoiding the blockage in the peripheral artery.