In peripheral artery disease (PAD), the legs or arms — usually the legs — don't receive enough blood flow to keep up with demand. This may cause leg pain when walking (claudication) and other symptoms.
Muscle cramps and strain play a part, but a number of health conditions may also result in leg pain, such as arthritis, gout, deep vein thrombosis, peripheral neuropathy, and sciatica.
Some people with leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes have bone or joint pain. This bone pain is most often felt in the long bones of the arms and legs, in the ribs and in the breastbone.
Vascular pain often feels like an uncomfortable heaviness or throbbing sensation. It can also feel like an aching sensation. It usually affects your legs and can be worse with walking or exerting yourself.
The narrowing of the arteries causes a decrease in blood flow. Symptoms include leg pain, numbness, cold legs or feet and muscle pain in the thighs, calves or feet. The arteries which supply blood to the leg originate from the aorta and iliac vessels.
Your peripheral nerves make your muscles move and tell your brain what your body is feeling. Vasculitis can cause: Numbness and tingling — usually in the arms, legs, fingers, or toes. Weakness, numbness, or pain — often in the feet or hands.
numbness and less of an ability to feel pain or changes in temperature, particularly in your feet. a burning or sharp pain, usually in the feet. feeling pain from something that should not be painful at all, such as a very light touch (allodynia)
Autoimmune disorders that specifically affect the muscles, joints, and nerves include rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Polymyalgia rheumatica, which also involves the joints, is thought to be an autoimmune condition, according to the Arthritis Foundation.
See your health care provider as soon as possible if you have: Symptoms of infection, such as redness, warmth or tenderness, or you have a fever greater than100 F (37.8 C). A leg that is swollen, pale or cooler than usual. Calf pain, especially after sitting for a long time, such as on a long car trip or plane ride.
Common leukemia signs and symptoms include: Fever or chills. Persistent fatigue, weakness. Frequent or severe infections.
Other symptoms will depend on where in your body the Hodgkin lymphoma is. Swollen lymph nodes can: press on nerves and cause pain. cause swelling in arms or legs by blocking the flow of lymphatic fluid around the body.
Leg pain is a symptom with many possible causes. Most leg pain results from wear and tear or overuse. It also can result from injuries or health conditions in joints, bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves or other soft tissues. Some types of leg pain can be traced to problems in your lower spine.
“Most assume that all leg pain is musculoskeletal or nerve-related, but people need to know that some forms of leg pain can be the first sign of heart disease.” Claudication is the medical term for leg pain that happens during activity.
Leg Pain Can Indicate Risk for a Heart Attack or Stroke
Peripheral artery disease that causes leg pain can be indicative of heart issues. People that have PAD are at a higher risk of having a stroke or heart attack. This could be a sign that the coronary arteries are blocked and the blood flow is reduced.
Myositis (my-o-SY-tis) is a rare type of autoimmune disease that inflames and weakens muscle fibers. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's own immune system attacks itself. In the case of myositis, the immune system attacks healthy muscle tissue, which results in inflammation, swelling, pain, and eventual weakness.
Inclusion body myositis is a separate disorder that can cause muscle weakness and wasting away of muscle, most commonly in the legs, hands, and feet.
Lupus can damage nerves in the body by causing inflammation of the nerves or the tissue around the nerves. This nerve damage is sometimes called peripheral neuropathy. The main symptoms are numbness, tingling, and being unable to move a part of your body.
Diabetes is the leading cause of polyneuropathy in the U.S. About 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nerve problems that can cause numb, tingling, or burning feet, one-sided bands or pain, and numbness and weakness on the trunk or pelvis.
Most believe only diabetics suffer from peripheral neuropathy. And rightly so since somewhere between 60-70% of people with diabetes end up with nerve damage. As with most things, however, that's not the case. The truth is that anybody can suffer from this condition.
Electromyogram. An electromyogram evaluates how the nerves and muscles work together by measuring electrical impulses along nerves, nerve roots, and muscles. To perform this test, the doctor inserts a tiny needle—an electrode that conducts an electrical current—through the skin and into the muscle.
Blood tests.
Blood tests that look for certain antibodies — such as the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) test — can help diagnose vasculitis.
What does vasculitis look like on legs? The most common symptoms of vasculitis show as red or purple dots on the skin called petechiae. They can appear in large numbers on the legs. You can develop larger red or purple spots around the size of a fingertip.
Polymyalgia rheumatica is a type of vasculitis that's closely related to temporal arteritis. It mostly affects adults over 50 and is more common in women than men. It can cause: pain and stiffness in the shoulders, neck and hips, which is often worse after waking up.