What is Buerger's disease?
What is Buerger's disease?
- Buerger's disease: Buergers's disease is a recurring inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of small and medium arteries and veins of the hands and feet.
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Buerger's disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Buerger's disease: Introduction
Types of Buerger's disease:
Broader types of Buerger's disease:
Who gets Buerger's disease?
Patient Profile for Buerger's disease: Usually heavy smokers aged 20-40
Gender Ratio for Buerger's disease: males: females 75:1
Racial predominance for Buerger's disease:
Jewish or Oriental origin
How serious is Buerger's disease?
Complications of Buerger's disease:
see complications of Buerger's disease
What causes Buerger's disease?
Causes of Buerger's disease: see causes of Buerger's disease
Cause of Buerger's disease: Tobacco use
Risk factors for Buerger's disease:
see
risk factors for Buerger's disease
What are the symptoms of Buerger's disease?
Symptoms of Buerger's disease:
see symptoms of Buerger's disease
Complications of Buerger's disease:
see complications of Buerger's disease
Onset of Buerger's disease: Most patients with Buerger disease are aged 20-45 years.
Can anyone else get Buerger's disease?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Buerger's disease
Buerger's disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Buerger's disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Buerger's disease.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Buerger's disease:
see treatments for Buerger's disease
Research for Buerger's disease:
see research for Buerger's disease
Organs Affected by Buerger's disease:
Organs and body systems related to Buerger's disease include:
Name and Aliases of Buerger's disease
Main name of condition: Buerger's disease
Other names or spellings for Buerger's disease:
thromboangitis obliterans, Winiwarter-Manteuffel-Buerger syndrome, Von Winiwarter-Buerger syndrome, Billroth-Von Winiwarter syndrome, endarteritis obliterans, presenile gangrene, thromboangiitis obliterans, occlusive peripheral vascular disease, Qthromboangiitis obliterans, Disease, Buerger's
Endarteritis obliterans, Winiwarter-Buerger disease, Thromboangiitis obliterans
Source - Diseases Database
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