What are the symptoms of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease?
• Early in the disease, you may feel pain, cramping, or fatigue in your lower body when you walk or exercise. • The pain with walking usually occurs in your buttocks, thighs, and legs. • This symptom is called intermittent claudication because it stops when you rest. • As the disease worsens, you may find that pain occurs when you walk for shorter distances. Ultimately, you may feel pain, usually in your toes or feet, even when you are resting. • Some men who have aortoiliac occlusive disease also experience erectile dysfunction, the inability to have or maintain an erection. • Aortoiliac disease may worsen if it is not treated. • Signs that it has advanced include: • Severe pain, coldness, and numbness in a limb • Sores on your toes, heels, or lower legs • Dry, scaly, cracked skin on your foot. Major cracks, or fissures, may become infected if left untreated • Weakened muscles in your legs • Gangrene (tissue death), which may require amputation • If you experience any of these advance
