Does Uterine Fibroids Cause Pain In Legs?

Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2014

Question: Hello Doctor, It's been almost a year that my Mom i having Swellings in her foot (By Standing for more than half an hour). Visited to some of Doctors and had some tests as per Doctor Advice (Reports are attached). If you see report "Mom All Reports - 25 Jul 2014 or USG Whole Abdomen Female.jpg" in last page there is a report for an ultrasound which says "Small Intramural Uterine Fibroids". One of Doctor says that problem is quite common (4 out of 10) in Ladies and this is the reason for Swelling in Foot.
So my questions to you are:
1: Is this the reason for Swelling in Mom's Foot?
2: ESR and Thyroid are also high for Mom (See report "Mom All Reports - 13 Oct 2014") so is this also related to ESR or Thyroid
3: If this "Small Intramural Uterine Fibroids" is reason for this Swelling
3.1: then how can it be treated?
3.2: Is Operation required?
3.3: Can this be treated through any Medication?

Doctor please try to answer my all above questions
Thanks
XXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (46 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
not related to fibroids

Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr XXXXXXX after going through all the reports it is definite that -
- pain in her legs is not due to fibroids because fibroids present in her uterus are very small to cause any problems like that
- her ESR is slightly raised but when correlated with other reports like TLC and DLC it is an incidental finding and has no importance
- her thyroid hormone levels are normal.
Reason for this problem is most probably related to age and thus degeneration changes which are very common.
She should take
- ample amount of milk to have good amount of calcium
- eat soyabean, walnuts and almonds to give her good estrogen
- drink plenty of water.
Also get her examined from a surgeon for early stages of varicose veins which can cause such symptoms.
All the best

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Manisha Jain (20 minutes later)

Thanks Doctor for answers..

Just to avoid any miss-communication i want to repeat once again that there is "Swelling in Foot" not "Pain in Legs".

and also please explain a bit what is "varicose veins"

Thanks :-)

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
surgeon check up

Detailed Answer:
In people who stand for long period of time at a stretch or those who are genetically predisposed develop dilatation of veins of lower limb and thus develop swelling and pain in lower limb.
All investigations are normal so just get a surgeon check up and then we can discuss the reports.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar