I've been having serious leg pains for over a month now. What could it be?
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i guess you wont really know until you see a doctor ok it could be a systom of diabetics or arthritics pain my advice is to check it out before its too late
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Leg pain
Definition:
Leg pain is a common symptom and complaint. For more specific topics, see foot pain, hip pain, knee pain, muscle pain, joint pain, shin splints, and blockage of leg arteries.
Alternative Names:
Pain - leg; Aches - leg; Cramps - leg
Common Causes:
Leg pain can be due to a muscle cramp (also called a charley horse). Common causes of cramps include:
Muscle fatigue or strain from overuse, excessive exercise, or holding a muscle in the same position for a long time.
Dehydration or depletion of potassium, sodium, calcium, or magnesium.
Medications like diuretics, which can cause you to lose too much fluid or minerals, and cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.
An injury can also cause leg pain from:
A torn or overstretched muscle (strain)
Inflamed tendon (tendinitis)
Shin splints -- pain in the front of your leg related to overuse or repetitive pounding
Hairline crack in the bone (stress fracture)
Other common causes of leg pain include:
Blood clot (deep vein thrombosis) from prolonged bed rest.
Atherosclerosis (plaque buildup) that blocks blood flow in the arteries. This type of pain, called claudication, is generally felt when exercising or walking and relieved by rest.
Inflammation of the leg joints by arthritis or gout.
Nerve damage -- common in diabetics, smokers, and alcoholics. You may feel numbness, tingling, or a sensation of pins-and-needles.
Infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) or skin and soft tissue (cellulitis).
Varicose veins.
Less common causes include:
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis -- seen in boys and overweight children (usually between 11 and 15 years old), this refers to a separation of the ball of the hip joint from the thigh bone. It causes pain and growth abnormalities.
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease -- poor blood flow to the hip that can lead to shortening of the length of the leg. This condition usually affects boys between 4 and 10 years old.
Benign tumors or cysts of the femur or tibia (osteoid ostioma).
Malignant bone tumors (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma).
Drugs such as allopurinol and corticosteroids.
Sciatic nerve pain (radiating pain down the leg) caused by a slipped disk in the back.
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If it were a blood clot, you'd have died of sepsis by now.
It's possible that you gave yourself a minor crack in your leg. It couldn't hurt to go to a doctor and have it x-rayed.
sounds like shin splints. Are you a teenager? Sounds like shin splints, got those once from playing soccer when I was about 16. It's a really common problem that occurs without any direct injury, lasts a long time hurts, but isn't too serious.
http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/legpb check here
If it gets really bad go See doc, otherwise wait it out, doctors are so expensive, I haven't been to the doctor in 5 years, except once to get stitches
could be shin splitsbut if i were you iwould see a doctor It could be deep vein thrombosis, if your leg is swelling get to a doctor because you could have a blood clot in your leg. I have been there.
I would diagnose it as a case of the jimmylegs
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