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Older Americans Need to Be Careful about Possible Plaque Buildup in the Legs
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(OPEN):
AS BABY-BOOMERS REACH THEIR
60'S, IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT NOT TO IGNORE ACHES AND PAINS
THAT DEVELOP IN THE LEGS--AS THEY COULD BE SIGNS OF SOMETHING MORE
SERIOUS THAN OLD-AGE. "PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE"--OR
"P-A-D"--DEVELOPS WHEN ARTERIES IN THE LEGS BECOME CLOGGED WITH PLAQUE.
LIKE CLOGGED ARTERIES IN THE HEART, CLOGGED ARTERIES IN THE LEGS MEAN
THAT YOU ARE AT FUTURE RISK FOR A HEART-ATTACK OR STROKE.
ACCORDING TO INTERVENTIONAL-RADIOLOGIST, DOCTOR KEITH STERLING,
EARLY DETECTION IS ESSENTIAL...
(STERLING):
"EARLY DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF 'PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL
DISEASE'--OR 'P-A-D'--CAN PREVENT THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE--WHICH
CAN OFTEN LEAD TO PAINFUL WALKING, GANGRENE, AMPUTATION, HEART-ATTACK,
OR STROKE."
(CLOSE):
DURING "NATIONAL 'P-A-D'
AWARENESS MONTH", IN SEPTEMBER, PEOPLE OVER 50 WHO ALSO ARE SMOKERS,
HAVE DIABETES, OR ARE OVERWEIGHT ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN THEIR "A-B-I"
NUMBER--IN ORDER TO SAVE THEIR LEGS, AND THEIR LIFE. THROUGHOUT
THE MONTH, INTERVENTIONAL-RADIOLOGISTS ARE OFFERING DIAGNOSTIC "A-B-I"
TESTS, NATIONWIDE--THROUGH THEIR "LEGS FOR LIFE" PROGRAM.
DURING AN "A-B-I" TEST, THE BLOOD-PRESSURE IN YOUR ARM IS COMPARED TO
THE PRESSURE IN YOUR LEG--IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE "P-A-D".
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT
"LEGS-FOR-LIFE"-DOT-ORG.
