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Excruciating Lower Leg Pain Only At Night, Starts From Knee And Settles At Ankle And Foot. No Relief With OTC Medicines. How Can It Be Cured?

Doctor. I am a 78 year old male. For the past six months I have been having excruciating lower leg pain at night only. It is from the knee down and seems to have settled in the ankle and foot . Some nights it is in one leg and the next night the other leg. It will pull the foot inward. I have to get up and lean on the dresser until it becomes tolerable enough to rest the foot on the floor. I have tried all kinds of OTC meds to n avail. It is unbearable. It will last from 15 minutes ti 1/2 hour.
Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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hi
mr jackiam
thank for ur query on HCM
ur history suggests that u r suffering from rest pain
are u a smoker??????????????
u need to have USG COLOUR DOPPLER study on ur lower legs to see the lower limb vascular systems
u may be also due to lower lumbo-sacral nerve root compression
so u need also a MRI of lower lumbosacral spine
need to be examined properly
i think there will be something positive in these two above mentioned tests
thank u
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Excruciating Lower Leg Pain Only At Night, Starts From Knee And Settles At Ankle And Foot. No Relief With OTC Medicines. How Can It Be Cured?

hi mr jackiam thank for ur query on HCM ur history suggests that u r suffering from rest pain are u a smoker?????????????? u need to have USG COLOUR DOPPLER study on ur lower legs to see the lower limb vascular systems u may be also due to lower lumbo-sacral nerve root compression so u need also a MRI of lower lumbosacral spine need to be examined properly i think there will be something positive in these two above mentioned tests thank u