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Buerger’s disease, aka thromboangiitis obliterans, is a rare blood vessel disease of the extremities, especially hands and feet. It is caused by vasculitis, which constricts or totally blocks blood flow.

Buerger’s disease predominantly affects 20-40 year old men who engage in heavy tobacco use. It’s theorized that chemicals in tobacco irritate blood vessel’s lining, causing them to swell. Every so often, it occurs with autoimmune diseases.

Buerger’s disease typically causes symptoms in the hand and foot region.  Yet, expansion to arms and legs is possible.

With Buerger’s disease, your blood vessel inflammation blockage causes hand and foot pain. And this vasculitis can lead to blood clots.

Whenever blood flow is restricted, the body parts downstream (in this case hands & feet) receive an inadequate supply of oxygen and nutrients. This causes pain and other symptoms, like:

• weakness
• burning feet
• cold hands, feet
• open sores, ulcers
• arch of the foot pain
• hand & foot swelling
• Raynaud’s phenomenon
• hand & foot burning, tingling
• leg, ankle, foot pain when walking

Hand and foot pain symptoms may worsen with cold exposure or stress.

Buerger’s disease can eventually cause skin tissue destruction, which may lead to infection and gangrene. Gangrene usually requires amputation of an affected finger or toe.

Buerger’s disease blood vessel inflammation symptoms may disappear if you stop using tobacco.

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