Three warning signs that your leg pain is caused by cholesterol build-up – 'first symptom'

“If the pain is in one or more joints or lasts for several minutes after you stop to rest, it’s more likely that this is not intermittent claudication,” the Cleveland Clinic adds.

Apart from pain in your legs, PAD can eventually cause other symptoms, including:

• A burning or aching pain in your feet and toes while resting, especially at night while lying flat
• Cool skin on your feet
• Redness or other colour changes of your skin
• More frequent infections
• Toe and foot sores that don’t heal.

Unfortunately, PAD doesn’t always cause many noticeable symptoms which makes it hard to identify, just like high cholesterol.