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  2. Claudication - Wikipedia

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    Claudication is most common in the calves but it can also affect the feet, thighs, hips, buttocks, or arms. [2] The word claudication comes from Latin claudicare 'to limp'. Claudication that appears after a short amount of walking may sometimes be described by US medical professionals by the number of typical city street blocks that the patient ...

  3. Intermittent claudication - Wikipedia

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    Intermittent claudication is a symptom and is by definition diagnosed by a patient reporting a history of leg pain with walking relieved by rest. However, as other conditions such as sciatica can mimic intermittent claudication, testing is often performed to confirm the diagnosis of peripheral artery disease. [citation needed]

  4. Sensory illusions in aviation - Wikipedia

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    A black-hole approach illusion can happen during a final approach at night (with no stars or moonlight) over water or unlit terrain to a lighted runway, in which the horizon is not visible. [4] As the name suggests, it involves an approach to landing during the night where there is nothing to see between the aircraft and the intended runway ...

  5. Graveyard spiral - Wikipedia

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    Graveyard spirals are most common at night or in poor weather conditions where no horizon exists to provide visual correction for misleading inner-ear cues. [3] Graveyard spirals are the result of several sensory illusions in aviation which may occur in actual or simulated IMC , when the pilot experiences spatial disorientation and loses ...

  6. Paresthesia - Wikipedia

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    Paresthesia may be transient or chronic, and may have many possible underlying causes. [1] Paresthesias are usually painless and can occur anywhere on the body, but most commonly occur in the arms and legs. [1] The most familiar kind of paresthesia is the sensation known as "pins and needles" after having a limb "fall asleep".

  7. Femoropopliteal bypass - Wikipedia

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    Severe pain caused by claudication can lead to a person having very restricted ability to move, and pain while resting is often a sign that the condition has worsened. Claudication is also considered a symptom of peripheral artery disease. [9] Popliteal bypass surgery may be performed on people with the following symptoms and conditions: [10]

  8. Thromboangiitis obliterans - Wikipedia

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    Thromboangiitis obliterans, also known as Buerger disease (English / ˈ b ɜːr ɡ ər /; German: [ˈbʏʁɡɐ]) or Winiwarter-Buerger disease, is a recurring progressive inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of small and medium arteries and veins of the hands and feet.

  9. Periodic limb movement disorder - Wikipedia

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    These movements can lead the patient to wake up, and if so, sleep interruption can be the origin of excessive daytime sleepiness. [ 2 ] PLMD is characterized by increased periodic limb movements during sleep, which must coexist with a sleep disturbance or other functional impairment, in an explicit cause-effect relationship.