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Suggest Remedy For Burning In Legs

I HAVE BEEN STANDING LONG HOURS FOR 40 YRS.& NOW MY LEGS ARE BURNING EVERYDAY.I HAVE BEEN CHECKED BY MY DOCTOR & HE SAID HE COULD NOT HELP.I AM IN GREAT HEALTH.I CHECKED ALL THE WEB SITES & NO ANSWERS FOR ME.I TRIED ALL THE CREAMS,ICE,ELEVATION,WITH NO RESULTS.WHAT DO MILITARY SURGEONS DO FOR THERE LEGS WHEN THEY DO LONG HOURS FOR YEARS?I EXERCISE BY WALKING,NOT OVERWEIGHT.CAN YOU HELP?
Wed, 3 Sep 2014
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement,  's  Response
I have studied your case and I think that you might be having either neurogenic claudication or vascular claudication. I would recommend you to get MRI of the spine and serum B 12 estimation to find out if you are having neurological compression. If it is proven that you are having nerve compression then you have to get treatment for it. May be a spinal surgery.
If there is B 12 deficiency then you should get methylcobalamine injection daily for 10 days followed by oral tablets.
Vascular claudication is common in smoker and it can be confirmed by Doppler test. it needs to be corrected by surgery.
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Suggest Remedy For Burning In Legs

I have studied your case and I think that you might be having either neurogenic claudication or vascular claudication. I would recommend you to get MRI of the spine and serum B 12 estimation to find out if you are having neurological compression. If it is proven that you are having nerve compression then you have to get treatment for it. May be a spinal surgery. If there is B 12 deficiency then you should get methylcobalamine injection daily for 10 days followed by oral tablets. Vascular claudication is common in smoker and it can be confirmed by Doppler test. it needs to be corrected by surgery.