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Heavy legs is a condition described as an unpleasant sensation of pain and heaviness in the lower limbs. Symptoms include legs feeling weighted, stiff, and tired. Heavy legs can be caused by a wide-ranging collection of disorders including but not restricted to varicose veins, peripheral artery disease, restless legs syndrome, multiple sclerosis, venous insufficiency.
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), (also known as Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), is a neurological disorder, usually chronic, that causes an overwhelming urge to move one's legs. [ 2 ] [ 10 ] There is often an unpleasant feeling in the legs that improves temporarily by moving them. [ 2 ]
This remains controversial, however, since the risks may outweigh the benefits and further damage done to the lymphatic system may make the lymphedema worse. Stage 4: The size and circumference of the affected limb(s) become noticeably larger. Bumps, lumps, or protrusions (also called knobs) on the skin begin to appear.
“I lay in bed screaming,” Applegate said. “Jamie and I have different — everybody has different ways of it showing up. I lay in bed screaming. Like, the sharp pains, the ache, that ...
Mullins, a 41-year-old mother of two, has lost her arms and legs in what she has described as a "perfect storm.” After getting treatment for a kidney stone, it got infected and she became septic.
Her husband found her lying on the bathroom floor drifting in and out consciousness, and drove her to the emergency room. Mullins’s blood pressure was 50/31 — dangerously low.
A mother-of-four struggles with a mysterious lump that emerges on the neck of her two-year-old daughter, which doctors discover is caused by tularemia, a deadly bacterial infection caused by Francisella tularensis transmitted by the American dog tick; a mother of two who suffers from debilitation, nausea, abdominal pain, and jaundice for four ...
When a patient is partially sitting up in bed, skin may stick to the sheet, making the skin susceptible to shearing in case underlying tissues move downward with the body toward the foot of the bed. This may also be possible on a patient who slides down while sitting in a chair. Moisture is also a common pressure ulcer culprit. Sweat, urine ...