👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team🕐 Updated 2026-07-11🏷️ Physiological Adaptation🔖 Free to read, print, and share
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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger Disease) on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!
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Cause
Why it happens
Strongly linked to smoking
Inflamm + clots, small vessels
Young male smokers
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Signs
What to look for
Intermittent claudication
Cold, cyanotic digits
Ulcers, gangrene → amputation
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Teach
Teaching points
STOP smoking = #1 tx
Avoid cold, protect limbs
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Report
Notify / act now
Non-healing wounds
Worsening pain at rest
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Quick Tip
Almost exclusively occurs in tobacco users, especially young men who smoke.