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What Causes Radiating Pain In Legs?

Posted on Thu, 18 Dec 2014

Question: For the last few days I have been having sharp pains in both legs mostly the left. The pains move around. Right now it is concentrated in my big toe but has been in upper legs, calves, etc.

Answered by Dr. Divakara (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It's due to obstruction to flow of blood.

Detailed Answer:
HI XXXX

Greetings from Dr.Divakara.P

I went through your present complaints and your past medical history. Looking at your past medical history it is obvious that your blood vessels get obstructed ( blocked ) easily . Same thing had happened in your left leg few months back .

I thing the same problem is recurring on the left side and also on the right side . I advise you to get Arterial Doppler scan of both your legs and revert back to me . This scan will show the blood flow to your legs .

Depending on the degree of obstruction the treatment will be advised .

Apart from this the other possible causes for your pain are as follows :

1. Spinal cord Compression.
2. Inter vertebral disc prolapse.
3. Calcium and Vitamin D deficiency.

But I consider the blood flow obstruction as most probable cause and hence we shall evaluate for that first.

Hope this information was useful to you .

Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.

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

Follow up: Dr. Divakara (33 minutes later)

I've already typed this so don't know if you received it. I am not sure if this if related but for a couple of months I have been troubled by night sweats. There was a 3 or 4 week period that the perspiration was really bad during the day as well for no apparent reason. My hair would be soaking wet. The daytime problem seemed to be back to normal and the night sweats were occasional. I was really bad night before last. Also for the last couple of days I have had neck pain and pain across the top of my back and the left shoulder blade area. I have been applying peppermint oil and planning on going to massage therapist as it seems to be pinched nerve, strain etc. the only thing is that I remember similar pain all of 2009 and 10 that I attributed to sitting at desk, strain, stress at my job but I noticed that after I had the stent in 2010, the pain has been pretty much non-existent until now.

I asked another question an hour ago and have received no response. the question is above this

I am not getting responses to my questions

Answered by Dr. Divakara (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Sweating is due to endocrine problem.

Detailed Answer:
HI XXXX

Well I didn't received your second question the first time . Now I went through it as you reposted it.

So there are 2 issues .

1. Sweating
2. Pain around neck .

1. Sweating : Could be due to some Endocrinological problems like Recurrent low blood sugars, recurrent low blood pressure , Thyroid disorder or problems in pituatary.

I advise you to consult an Endocrinologist for this purpose .

2. Pain around neck : Is most likely due to a condition called Cervical Spondylosis which causes compression of nerves at the neck level. Due to this compression it causes pain around the region described by you .

Treatment depends on the severity of the problem. I advise you to get X ray cervical spine done and revert back to me with report.

Also ask for a prescription for Pregabalin and use it for 3-4 months.

Hope this was useful to you.

Any clarifications feel free to ask.

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