Buerger's disease (patient information): Difference between revisions
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==Who is at risk for Buerger's disease?== | ==Who is at risk for Buerger's disease?== | ||
:*Smoking | |||
:*Race: Buerger disease is relatively more common in people of natives of India, Korea, and Japan, and Israeli Jews of Ashkenazi descent. | |||
:*Gender: Buerger disease is as 3 times as common in males than in female. | |||
:*Age, between 20~45 years old. | |||
==How to know you have Buerger's disease?== | ==How to know you have Buerger's disease?== |
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What is Buerger's disease?
How do I know if I have Buerger's disease and what are the symptoms of Buerger's disease?
Who is at risk for Buerger's disease?
- Smoking
- Race: Buerger disease is relatively more common in people of natives of India, Korea, and Japan, and Israeli Jews of Ashkenazi descent.
- Gender: Buerger disease is as 3 times as common in males than in female.
- Age, between 20~45 years old.
How to know you have Buerger's disease?
When to seek urgent medical care?
Treatment options
Diseases with similar symptoms
Where to find medical care for Buerger's disease?
Directions to Hospitals Treating Buerger's disease
Prevention of Buerger's disease
What to expect (Outlook/Prognosis)?
Copyleft Sources
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/buergers-disease/ds00807
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/460027-overview
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000172.htm
http://www.orpha.net/data/patho/GB/uk-buerger.pdf