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What Causes Severe Weakness In The Legs?
Every once in a while, I ll be standing and suddenly both legs feel like their blood supply is draining. They get really weak and I generally have to either pause and sit or lean on something til it passes bout 20 seconds later. I also have a hard time falling back asleep after getting up to nurse baby (he s only up once a night for 20 min) because my legs constantly need to stretch out. I don t know if this is all related or what. The weakness in legs has been occurring at random points for about a year now, the leg cramping has only been around for about a couple months, though.
Fri, 19 May 2017
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These symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in thisage and there may be present atherosclerosis that obstructs blood vessels and causes pain and blisters to form. You should do Doppler ultrasound of the leg or CT angiography to rule out such obstructive changes and then it can be treated properly by medications or by surgical and radiological procedures. ALso, you should have Aspirine 100mg and have elastic stockings applied, and should avoid cold environment and long walks. In most cases it can be managed with medications but sometimes surgery may be required in severe cases.
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Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.
These symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in thisage and there may be present atherosclerosis that obstructs blood vessels and causes pain and blisters to form. You should do Doppler ultrasound of the leg or CT angiography to rule out such obstructive changes and then it can be treated properly by medications or by surgical and radiological procedures. ALso, you should have Aspirine 100mg and have elastic stockings applied, and should avoid cold environment and long walks. In most cases it can be managed with medications but sometimes surgery may be required in severe cases.
I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.
Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.
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