Talk:Claudication
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editContent of the intermittent claudication section should be moved to intermittent claudication with a Template:Detail link. --Gak 04:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Agree unsigned comment by 81.155.195.35
relieved with rest
editI added the cite needed tag after the statement "True claudication is relieved with rest from exercise." While the statement makes sense, it is a little misleading. There are numerous causes of claudication, and at least one that I can think may not necessarily be relieved by rest. If someone has an arterial stasis ulcer in their leg, circulation is continuously decreased distal to the ulcer. Resting may not help. Eyknough (talk) 14:15, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
ancient Romans
edit- The Roman emperor Claudius (who ruled from A.D. 41-54) was so named because he limped, probably because of a birth defect.
Or because he was a member of the Claudii. —Tamfang (talk) 07:27, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Treatment
edit"Some things to know before use are the following: contraindicated in patient with heart failure, should be taken 30 minutes before or 2 hours after a meal, and improvement of symptoms may not be evident for two to three weeks." This is hardly worthy of an encyclopeadia insertion. More likely comes straight from the leaflet that came with the drugs. Needs properly editing - or even deleting.Colin marks (talk) 14:04, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Organization per WP:MEDMOS
editFor signs and symptoms, pages should follow (per WP:MEDMOS):
- Definition (current definitions)
- Differential diagnoses or Associated medical conditions
- Pathophysiology or Mechanism
- Diagnostic approach or Evaluation
- Treatment or Management (for the symptom itself, if any: e.g., analgesics for pain)
- Epidemiology (incidence, prevalence, risk factors)
- History (of the science, not of the patient: e.g., "The oldest surviving description is in a medical text written by Avicenna.")
- Society and culture (e.g., cachexia was a literary symbol for tuberculosis in the 19th century and for AIDS in the 1980s.)
- Research (Is anything important being done?)
- Other animals