Leg paresthesia
Leg paresthesia: Introduction
Abnormal nerve sensations such as pins-and-needles,
tingling, burning, prickling or similar feelings are
all known as "paresthesias".
They usually result from nerve damage due to pressure,
entrapment, or nerve diseases.
Continued nerve damage can lead to leg numbness and permanent loss of feeling.
Any abnormal sensation needs medical investigation.
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- LEG PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Leg pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Leg Pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Paresthesia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Leg pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Paresthesia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Leg pain
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- LEG PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Leg paresthesia: Medical Mistakes
Leg paresthesia: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
- Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
- Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
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Misdiagnosis and Leg paresthesia
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Diagnostic tests for Leg paresthesia:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Leg paresthesia. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Feel the pulses in the legs - if reduced or absent should suggest peripheral atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) or obstruction of the abdominal aorta and its branches by atherosclerosis.
- Examine for a positive straight leg raising test (straightening the leg at the knee while lying on a bed causing pain in thigh, buttock and back) and/or a reduced ankle reflex- indicates herniated disk of L4-5 or L5-S1, lumbar spondylosis, spinal stenosis, cauda equina tumor or spondylolisthesis
- Examine for a positive femoral stretch test (with the person laying on their stomach, flex knee with hip lifted in extension causes pain in the front of the thigh and the back) or a decreased knee jerk - indicates a herniated disk of L3-4 or L2-3 or lumbar spondylosis.
- Examine the peripheral reflexes. If diffusely overactive may suggest multiple sclerosis, pernicious anemia, spinal cord tumor, syringomyelia (presence of cavities within the spinal cord) or anterior spinal artery occlusion. If diffusely under active may suggest peripheral neuropathy, poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, cauda equina tumor, metastatic tumor of the lumbar spine and occasionally pernicious anemia or peroneal neuropathy (disease of the peroneal nerve)
- Blood tests
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Leg paresthesia.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had the leg paresthesia? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- Is it unilateral or bilateral? - symmetrical involvement of both legs suggest peripheral neuropathy. If leg paresthesia is asymmetrical or confined to one limb this may suggest individual nerve disease.
- What area of the leg and/or foot is affected by paresthesia? - may help determine the cause.
- History of trauma or injury to leg? - e.g. broken leg or foot may damage nerves and cause leg paresthesia.
- History of a back injury? - may suggest spinal canal stenosis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Leg paresthesia) may include:
- Pain in the involved leg or foot? - may suggest lumbar spine spondylosis (degeneration), spinal stenosis, tumor of the cauda equina (distal tip of the spinal cord and its nerves), spondylolisthesis (forward movement of one lumbar vertebrae on the one below it), herniated disk or pelvic tumor.
- Incontinence of urine? - If incontinence or urine is present, this may suggest poliomyelitis, cauda equina tumor or metastatic tumor of the lumbar spine.
- Symptoms of spinal canal stenosis? - e.g. long history of backache; pain initially in the lumbar back area and then radiating distally into buttocks and legs; paresthesia may be present in groin, medial thigh, big toe or little toe.
- Symptoms of peripheral atherosclerosis? - e.g. intermittent claudication (cramp like pain in the calves with exercise, relieved by rest), calf pain with rest, occasionally may have transient paresthesia of the leg accompanying the pain and fatigue of claudication.
- Symptoms of acute lower limb ischemia? - e.g. sudden severe leg pain, pallor of skin, paresthesia or numbness of lower leg, paralysis or weakness of leg.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Leg paresthesia
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Medications or substances causing Leg paresthesia:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Leg paresthesia as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Leg paresthesia
Organs affected by Leg paresthesia:
The list of organs typically affected by Leg paresthesia may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Leg paresthesia
The list below shows some of the causes of Leg paresthesia mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Leg paresthesia
How Common are these Causes of Leg paresthesia?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Leg paresthesia.
Of the 74
causes of Leg paresthesia that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 3
causes are "very common" diseases
- 6
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 7
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 63
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Leg paresthesia
Conditions listing symptoms: Leg paresthesia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Leg paresthesia' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Arachnoid Cysts
... tingling in legsB
Basilar artery migraine
... toe paresthesiaBroken foot
... tingling footBroken leg
... tingling legBroken toe
... tingling toeBuerger's disease
... leg paresthesias, leg tingling, foot paresthesias, leg burning, foot tinglingC
Celiac Disease
... tingling (legs from nerve damage)Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
... tingling in toes and fingersChronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
... tingling feetChronic necrotizing vasculitis
... limb tinglingD
Dana syndrome
... tingling in feetDiabetes
... foot tinglingDiabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
... tingling in feet, tingling in legs, tingling in toesF
Fabry's Disease
... burning sensations in hands and feetG
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
... leg tinglingH
Halm-Munk syndrome
... toe tinglingHereditary amyloidosis
... tingling in legsHorseshoe Crab poisoning
... foot paresthesiasHyperventilation
... tingling feetHypocalcemia
... foot paresthesiasHypocalcemia, autosomal dominant
... tingling in feetHypoparathyroidism
... foot paresthesiasHypoparathyroidism familial isolated
... tingling toesHypothyroidism
... foot paresthesiasI
Intervertebral disc disease
... leg tinglingK
Keratosis palmoplantaris - periodontopathia - onychogryposis
... tingling toesM
Multiple Sclerosis
... foot paresthesias, foot tinglingMyelitis
... leg paresthesiaN
Neuropathy - ataxia - retinitis pigmentosa
... leg tinglingNeuropathy ataxia and retinis pigmentosa
... tingling in legsNeurotoxic shellfish poisoning
... tingling legsO
Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy
... feet tinglingP
Paragonimiases - lung infection
... leg paresthesiasParalytic shellfish poisoning
... leg tinglingPOEMS syndrome
... foot tinglingPolyarteritis nodosa
... foot paresthesias, tingling feetPolyneuritis
... foot paresthesias, limb tingling, limb tingling, foot tinglingPorphyria, hereditary coproporphyria
... foot tinglingPyridoxine deficiency
... foot tinglingR
Restless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 1
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsRestless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 2
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsRestless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 3
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsRestless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 4
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsRestless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 5
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsRestless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 6
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsRestless Legs Syndrome, Susceptibility To, 7
... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensationsS
Sjogren's Syndrome
... limb tinglingSpinal conditions
... Leg paresthesiaSpinal Cord Disorders
... Leg paresthesiaSpinal fracture
... Leg paresthesiaSpinal intradural arachnoid cysts
... tingling in legsSpondylitis
... Leg paresthesiaSports Injuries
... Leg paresthesiaStroke
... limb tinglingSubacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord
... foot paresthesias, tingling feetT
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
... foot paresthesiaTetany
... tingling feetTransverse myelitis
... leg tinglingType 2 diabetes
... foot tinglingV
Vitamin B6 - adverse effects
... tingling feet
Conditions listing complications: Leg paresthesia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Leg paresthesia' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
D
Diabetic neuropathy
... Foot paresthesias, Toe paresthesiasDiabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
... Foot paresthesias, Toe paresthesias
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Causes of Leg paresthesia Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Leg paresthesia based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Leg paresthesia?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Leg paresthesia, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Leg paresthesia:
Subtypes of Leg paresthesia:
Foot paresthesia (34 causes), Toe paresthesia (7 causes), Knee paresthesia/ tingling, Shin paresthesia/ tingling, Tingling in Both Feet, Tingling in one foot, Sole paresthesia's/ tingling, Tingling toe (4 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Leg paresthesia:
Leg symptoms (1696 causes), Paresthesias (415 causes), Tingling (803 causes), Sensations (5876 causes), Nerve symptoms (6219 causes), Limb symptoms (1215 causes), Pain (5609 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes)
Symptoms related to Leg paresthesia:
Burning feet (8 causes), Tingling legs (61 causes), Tingling feet (34 causes), Tingling toes (4 causes), Paresthesias (415 causes), Tingling skin (21 causes), Foot paresthesia (34 causes), Toe paresthesia (7 causes), Knee paresthesia/ tingling, Shin paresthesia/ tingling, Tingling in Both Feet, Tingling in one foot, Sole paresthesia's/ tingling, Tingling toe (4 causes)
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