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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 ]
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.
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 ...
Like many preteens, Cydney Carter’s body began changing during puberty. When she was 12, she observed unexpected changes — large bumps and bruises on her inner thighs.
The pain may also run down the outside of the leg, he adds. “First, it starts in (the patient’s) rear end, and then it starts to creep down the leg down into the calf and then sometimes into ...
It set off an infection and sepsis, leaving the Kentucky mom on life support and ultimately forcing doctors to amputate her legs in December. Her arms will have to be amputated, too.
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy can be diagnosed with a history and physical examination. The diagnosis is considered in people who develop pain or numbness in a leg or foot with a history of diabetes. Muscle weakness, pain, balance loss, and lower limb dysfunction are the most common clinical manifestations. [7]
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.