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Clinic
- Thromboangiitis obliterans also known as Buerger disease or Winiwarter-Buerger disease
- It is a recurring progressive inflammation and thrombosis of small and medium arteries and veins of the hands and feet.
- The main symptom is pain in the affected areas, at rest and while walking. Others are
- Impaired circulation increases sensitivity to cold.
- Peripheral pulses are diminished or absent
- Skin cyanosis
- Hair growth is reduced.
- Ulcerations and gangrene
- Etiology: A possible role for Rickettsia rickettsii in this disease has been proposed.[1]
Related disease
- Raynaud Syndrome
- Thrombosis
- Alopecia
Miasms
- ↑ Fazeli B, Ravari H, Ghazvini K. Rickettsia infection could be the missing piece of the Buerger's disease puzzle. Int Angiol. 2017 Oct;36(5):410-416. doi: 10.23736/S0392-9590.17.03420-4. Epub 2015 Sep 4. PMID: 26344511.