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What Causes Leg Pain In The Morning?

Posted on Mon, 8 Dec 2014

Question: My legs are very painfull especially in morning and after sitting or non movement for a short time. It feels like my legs are heavy and won't bend

Answered by Dr. Naval Mendiratta (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Possible joint or muscle pain, Will need more information to narrow down possibilities.

Detailed Answer:
Good evening

Thank you for writing on health care magic

Well I would like to ask a few questions to help me reach a conclusion on what exactly the disease is :

1. Do you feel pain in the knees more or is it in the calf or the foot?

2. Have you ever noticed swelling in the joints or the leg?

3. Is the pain in the legs better on walking?or it gets worse?

4. Do you experience any backache ?

5. Any history of fall?

6. Any other parts of the body which are painful?

7. Do you experience any tingling and numbness over the legs as well?

Do let me know these queries. Would be happy to guide you further as i would want to know whether the pain is due to the joints( arthalgia) or due to the muscle( myalgia)

Regards
Dr Naval

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Naval Mendiratta (35 minutes later)

Knees andheels .walking helps but when movement stops stiffness is very sore .arms and neck pain but not as painfull as legs. Legs feel numb at night in bed and also very heavy and painfull to turn over in bed.

Answered by Dr. Naval Mendiratta (10 hours later)

Brief Answer:
? Arthalgias

Detailed Answer:
Good evening

Well i have gone through your symptoms. I suppose they have taken the blood tests for the arthritis as well. Is it possible for you to post them over here, so i can take a look through.

The symptoms of pain in the knees and heel pain, which gets better with walking but increased stiffness at rest, can fit into inflammatory arthritis. That is, the arthritis due to our immune system dysfunction. Examination of your joints is the key thing here, since we dont want to miss the swelling and pain felt around the joints which will give the exact diagnosis.

The blood tests, if they come out positive can give us a supportive thing.

I also would like to know : if you get enough sleep or have you been experiencing irritability recently or forgetfulness.

Do let me know these queries

Would be happy to help you out further

Regards
Dr naval

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari

Follow up: Dr. Naval Mendiratta (1 hour later)

I have a very broken sleep patterns I sleep for 2-3 hours themselves for couple of hours then sleep for another 3 hours.I have been forgetful since going through menopause. I do feel a little irritable but I put it down to being stiff and sore most of the time.

Answered by Dr. Naval Mendiratta (10 hours later)

Brief Answer:
?arthalgia

Detailed Answer:
Good evening

Well you do have symptoms of fibromyalgia as well. You can read it up on net as well. But I would like to keep that as the last diagnosis. I do want to see your blood tests to rule out inflammatory arthritis.

You can look it up on net and let me know.

Await your reply

Regards
Dr naval

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj