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What Causes Pain In The Calf And Numbness On The Toes?
I m a 74 year old male in otherwise excellent health. I m a long time runner and exercise often but recently I developed a calf pain and numbness in the toes overnight. I was walking 3 weeks ago and felt a sharp pain in my lower right calf; I walked home and after resting the pain went away. The next day I went shopping and after a few minutes felt the pain again and now after any walking of more than 5-10 minutes since then it returns. My doctor performed an ecg on my right leg and found no blood clots and nothing showed up in my blood work. I m scheduled to see a vascular doctor in a week. Could there be some nerve damage or can I look into specific reasons for this?
Thu, 25 May 2017
Hello, Thanks for the query.
Based on your description it appears to be a pain known as intermittent claudication. This occur due affection of blood supply to the leg muscles. There may be many reasons why blood supply may be affected, a color Doppler test will be able to identify the blocks and the vascular surgeon can then decide on the line of treatment. Thanks
Based on your description it appears to be a pain known as intermittent claudication. This occur due affection of blood supply to the leg muscles. There may be many reasons why blood supply may be affected, a color Doppler test will be able to identify the blocks and the vascular surgeon can then decide on the line of treatment. Thanks
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