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A 25-year-old patient complains of increasing pain in his leg muscles occurring during walking and forcing him to make frequent stops. Objectively: skin of legs is pale, no hair-covering, toenails are with trophic changes, no pulsation of pedal arteries. The most probable cause of these changes is:

Answer options

  1. Arterial hyperemia
  2. Venous hyperemia
  3. Embolism
  4. -
  5. Ischemia
Correct answer

Ischemia

Explanation

These features are typical for hypoxia, oxygen deficiency leading to Tissue Ischemia.

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