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What Causes Persistent Calf Muscle Pain?

Posted on Wed, 30 Mar 2016

Question: Hello. I wanted to ask about my leg pain. I have pain in my calf muscles area since 7-8 months. I tried using moov, walking daily but nothing seems to work. Kindly suggest. Whenever I sit/sleep it hurts.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please get your metabolic tests...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Calf muscle pain is seen in venous disorder (venous clots), nutritional deficiency, anemia as well as metabolic disorder besides the obvious musculoskeletal conditions. Your pain is not typical of venous disorder. Further the absence of injuries and non response to antiinflammatory agents are against musculoskeletal conditions.

Therefore I will suggest you to visit a physician and get a few tests to rule out some of the aforementioned systemic conditions. Your doctor can run a battery of blood tests such as hemoglobin, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin b12, thyroid profile, blood sugar along few more blood tests.

In the interim I would suggest adding multivitamin pills; drinking plenty of water along with fruits and vegetables. Further treatment is based on test results.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need clarifications.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Prasad J (1 hour later)

Thanks doctor :)

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Welcome...

Detailed Answer:
I'm glad that I was able to help you.

Please close this discussion if you have no more questions.

Thank you!

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