The symptoms of a blocked artery in your leg are leg cramps that get worse or don't go away after a day or so.
You might also experience painful cramping in both your hips and calf muscles and thighs after certain activities including walking or climbing stairs, ladders etc.
With a blocked artery in your leg you may also experience leg weakness or leg numbness or even coldness feeling in your leg or foot.
If you do experience any of those symptoms and think you might have a blocked artery in your leg or legs you need to see your doctor or go to urgent care or the emergency room to be safe.
A blocked artery in the leg or any other part of the body can lead to a heart attack, stroke and even death if not treated.
You might need a stent put in your leg to clear the blocked artery or have the blocked artery cleared out by a surgeon.
The stents that are put in leg arteries tend to fail sooner than stents put in other parts of the body.
The average lifespan of a leg stent is abut 3 to 4 years before the stent fails and needs replaced.
If you have a stent put in your leg you need to have it checked out often to make sure that it hasn't failed because a failed stent in your leg could lead to more blockage of the blood in your legs arteries which can cause a heart attack, stroke and even death.
About 50 percent of people who have stents put in their legs will have a failed stent or failed leg stents after 2 years.
So it's important to get regular checkups to ensure the stent is still functioning properly in your leg.