How could a young person get diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease ?

Peripheral Vascular: A young person who delelops pad may have an associated condition. This may include high triglycerides, cholesterol or heavy smoking. If there is a high clinical suspicion then a vascular ultrasound may prove helpful.

Youthful PAD: The simplest test is to use a doppler and check blood pressures in the arms and ankles and compare. Pad will make them different. Signs and symptoms can include cold feet, bluish toes, pain in the calves with walking, ulcers of the feet and toes and gangrenous changes of the feet. Many diseases can mimic these symptoms so a vascular or wound specialist is needed.