09/04/2026
Nearly half of everyone with PAD feels completely fine. Read that again, because it's the whole reason this disease is so dangerous.
No cramping, no pain, no obvious sign that the arteries feeding their legs are narrowing. Your legs hold roughly 10% of your body's total blood vessel length, all of it working against gravity to move blood back to your heart, and plaque can build along that entire network for years without a symptom loud enough to notice.
PAD isn't quiet because it's mild. It's quiet because the body compensates, right up until it can't.
Screening finds what patients can't feel yet. Get the full picture: https://bit.ly/3TQOTKS