Glossary for Thigh symptoms

Medical terms related to Thigh symptoms or mentioned in this section include:

• Adult hypophosphatasia: An rare inherited bone disorder due to an inborn error of metabolism characterized by a deficiency of alkaline phosphate. The condition involves the early loss of primary teeth and childhood rickets followed by a reasonable health until mid-adulthood when dental and skeletal abnormalities again become prevalent.
• Antithrombin Deficiency: Antithrombin deficiency refers the deficiency or impaired activity of a substance that inactivates enzymes involved in blood coagulation. Antithrombin prevents the blood from clotting too readily and if its activity is impaired then the blood becomes more prone to clotting which can result in severe problems. Severity of the condition can vary amongst patients and the symptoms can vary considerably depending on the location of blood clots and size of the blood clot.
• Antithrombin Deficiency, type I: Type I Antithrombin deficiency refers the deficiency of a substance that inactivates enzymes involved in blood coagulation. Antithrombin prevents the blood from clotting too readily and if there are insufficient quantities of it then the blood becomes more prone to clotting which can result in severe problems. Severity of the condition can vary amongst patients and the symptoms can vary considerably depending on the location of blood clots and size of the blood clot. Type I may be inherited or acquired through such things as kidney or liver disease. Acquired cases tend to have a lower risk of blood clots compared to inherited cases.
• Antithrombin Deficiency, type II: Type II Antithrombin deficiency refers the malfunction of a substance that inactivates enzymes involved in blood coagulation. Antithrombin prevents the blood from clotting too readily and if it is unable to function properly then the blood becomes more prone to clotting which can result in severe problems. Severity of the condition can vary amongst patients and the symptoms can vary considerably depending on the location of blood clots and size of the blood clot. Type II is an inherited condition.
• Axial osteosclerosis: A rare bone abnormality involving patches of increased bone density which tend to occur in the spine, pelvis and the ball part of the hip joint.
• Claudication pain: Pain that occurs in the legs when walking or exercising. It is usually the result of circulation problems which affects the flow of blood to the leg muscles. In severe cases, the pain may persist even when the patient is inactive.
• Femoral lump: A palpable lesion located anatomically on the leg
• Folliculitis: An inflammatory reaction which occurs in the follicles
• Fractured femur: A fracture that occurs in the femur of the leg
• Genital herpes: Sexually transmitted infection of the genital region.
• Hirsutism: A condition which is characterized by excessive body and facial hair
• Iliotibial Band Syndrome: Knee inflammation usually from prolonged overuse
• Inguinal swelling: A lump or swelling in the inguinal region.
• Knee symptoms: Symptoms affecting the knee
• Leg symptoms: Symptoms affecting the leg
• Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Femur/hip bone disease mostly in children
• Limb symptoms: Symptoms affecting the limbs
• Lipoma: Tumor of fat cells usually just under the skin
• Lipomatous hemangiopericytoma: A rare slow-growing tumor that tends to occur mainly in deep in the thigh or in the retroperitoneum (space between the abdominal organs and the back of the abdominal space). Symptoms are determined by the size and location of the tumor.
• Meralgia paresthetica: A rare disorder where compression or injury of a nerve that connects the thigh to the spine results in abnormal, painful sensations in the outer part of the thigh. The condition is most common in middle-aged, overweight males.
• Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type: An inherited l disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness. The disorder is caused by a genetic anomaly and results in insufficient quantities of or ineffective dystrophin which is needed for normal muscle functioning. The disorder is expressed in males but females can be carriers.
• Numb thigh: Numbness, or decreased sensations of the thigh
• Osteoarthritis, Hip: A common degenerative hip joint disorder that tends to affect older people. The main symptom is pain.
• Osteoid Osteoma: Benign bone tumor usually in long bones
• Polymyalgia rheumatica: A condition characterized by muscle pain and stiffness, fatigue and fever. It is often associated with giant-cell arteritis which is a related but more serious condition.
• Prostate Cancer: Cancer of the prostate.
• Psoas sign: The occurrence of pain whilst contracting the psoas muscle may indicate an appendicitis the is located posteriorly
• Purpura simplex: Bruising condition mostly in women
• Scabies: Mite infection of the skin common in institutions.
• Sciatica: neuralgia along the nerve course of the sciatic nerve
• Spinal Cord Disorders: Any condition that affects the spinal cord
• Spinal conditions: Any condition that affects the spine
• Spinal fracture: A fracture of one or multiple bony vertebrae
• Spondylitis: Inflammation of the synovial joints of the backbone.
• Sports Injuries: Any condition that has resulted from injury to a part of the body due to participation in a sporting activity
• Stiff thigh: Stiffness of the thigh area
• Thigh Burning Sensation: A burning sensation located on the thigh
• Thigh Coldness: Cold sensation occurring on or around the thighs.
• Thigh Itch: Itchy sensation occurring on or around the thighs.
• Thigh Paralysis: Loss of control of the thigh muscles
• Thigh Spasm: Involuntary muscle movements in the thigh.
• Thigh Weakness: Weakness of the muscles in and around the thigh.
• Thigh bruise: Bruise occurring on or around the thigh.
• Thigh conditions: Any condition that affects the thigh
• Thigh injury: Any injury to the thigh
• Thigh lump: Lump in or around the thigh.
• Thigh pain: A condition which is characterized by pain which is located in the thigh
• Thigh paresthesias: Burning, tingling, numbness or sensations of the thigh
• Thigh rash: Rash occurring on or around the thighs.
• Thigh swelling: Swelling occurring on the thigh.
• Tingling thigh: Tingling, pins-and-needles, or abnormal sensations of the thigh

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