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Buerger's Disease - Treatment
Treatment For Buerger's Disease
Smoking cessation
There is no treatment which can cure Buerger's disease, and the most effective way to stop the disease's progress is to quit using tobacco products. Even a few cigarettes a day can worsen the disease. Medications can be used to stop smoking, and stop the swelling in the blood vessels. Nicotine replacement products need to be avoided as they supply nicotine, which activates Buerger's disease.
Other treatments
Some of the other treatment approaches exist but are less effective, such as:
- Medications to dilate blood vessels, improve blood flow, or dissolve blood clots
- Intermittent compression of the arms and legs to increase the blood flow to the extremities
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Surgery to cut the nerves to the affected area (surgical sympathectomy) to control pain and increase blood flow
- Medications to stimulate growth of new blood vessels (therapeutic angiogenesis)
- Amputation, if infection or gangrene sets in






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