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What Causes Pain In The Legs While Walking?
Hello Doctors, My father is suffering from leg pain but pain starts only when he walks for some time. Yesterday doctor did all the tests and found that his heart is working only 25%, he didn t had any heart disease in past. Please suggest me what could be the lreason and how can it be cured? Regards, Rahul
Fri, 13 Jan 2017
Hi,
First issue is of walking, first possibility is blockages in lower limb arteries which is causing decreased blood supply to limb muscles and pain. This is diagnosed on arterial Doppler followed by angiography of the limb. Treatment include medicine like cilastazole and other. More better treatment is Stenting and opening the vessel. Second heart is probably weak due to blockages in the heart arteries. This is again confirmed by angiography and treated by Stenting and multiple med.
So you visit interventional cardiologist in your local area who does both cardiac and peripheral Stenting. Till the time he should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly. Regular exercises like brisk walking, jogging according your capacity at least 30 min a day and 5 days a week. Eat lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, avoid meat. Avoid smoking and alcohol if any. There shouldn't abdominal fat deposition or obesity. Get your lipid profile and sugars tested once.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr Sagar Makode
First issue is of walking, first possibility is blockages in lower limb arteries which is causing decreased blood supply to limb muscles and pain. This is diagnosed on arterial Doppler followed by angiography of the limb. Treatment include medicine like cilastazole and other. More better treatment is Stenting and opening the vessel. Second heart is probably weak due to blockages in the heart arteries. This is again confirmed by angiography and treated by Stenting and multiple med.
So you visit interventional cardiologist in your local area who does both cardiac and peripheral Stenting. Till the time he should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly. Regular exercises like brisk walking, jogging according your capacity at least 30 min a day and 5 days a week. Eat lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, avoid meat. Avoid smoking and alcohol if any. There shouldn't abdominal fat deposition or obesity. Get your lipid profile and sugars tested once.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr Sagar Makode
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