---
url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease'
title: 'Peripheral Artery Disease'
author:
  name: 'lauren kopchik'
  url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/user/97'
date: '2018-11-08T16:13:53+00:00'
updated: '2023-03-22T13:42:01+00:00'
type: topic
summary: 'Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common circulation problem in which arteries in the pelvis and legs become narrowed. This reduces blood flow to the muscles in the legs and causes pain with walking. As many as one in five people over the age of 65 have PAD.'
tags:
  - Health
published: true
---
 Peripheral artery disease occurs when the arteries that carry blood to the lower half of the body (the pelvis and legs) narrow decreasing blood flow to leg muscles.

The disease causes pain when walking and other problems that include gangrene and amputations.

[Basic Facts](/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease/basic-facts)

[Causes](/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease/causes)

[Symptoms](/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease/symptoms)

[Diagnosis & Tests](/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease/tests)

[Care & Treatment](/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease/care-treatment)

[Lifestyle & Management](/a-z-topic/peripheral-artery-disease/lifestyle)