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What Causes Weakness And Stiffness In The Legs?

I developed weak leg muscles from taking a blood pressure med for 5 years. Then arthritis set in. My legs are now stiff and I take some natural arthritis supplements that don t do much. Most help seems to come from aspirin. I stopped taking occasional Aleve when they started selling the product being made in Mexico and it appeared worthless. Any advice?
Mon, 18 Dec 2017
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can.
Causes of your difficulties may be neuropathy or ischemic issues. Neuropathic are seen in diabetics or injury of spine nerves.
If this is not your case then these symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in this age 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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What Causes Weakness And Stiffness In The Legs?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. Causes of your difficulties may be neuropathy or ischemic issues. Neuropathic are seen in diabetics or injury of spine nerves. If this is not your case then these symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in this age 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.