intermittent claudication? - High Cholesterol Message Board

ponyprincess · 05-11-2005, 03:07 PM

Hi,
I'm trying to figure out why my leg has been hurting in the same place for the last 4 years. It started as a sharp pain in my thigh that would show up at night while I was trying to sleep. Now it's mostly a constant dull ache, but I still sometimes get sharp pains when I'm laying down. Also, my skin is slightly numb in this one spot and has been for quite awhile. There are no visible signs on my leg at all. A friend said it might be intermittent claudication, but what I read was that pain from intermittent claudication is usually brought on by exercise? And that's not really the case with me... Can anybody help?

Lenin · 05-11-2005, 03:31 PM

Perhaps a deep vein thrombosis? But that's just a stab in the dark.
Maybe a trigger point for a nerve.

Just to play safe why not have an echogram...or an MRI if you have a generous insurance company!

ARIZONA73 · 05-11-2005, 03:46 PM

Ponyprincess,

My mother had symptoms VERY similar to what you have described. It involved just one leg, beginning with dull aches, and later came some numbness and stabbing shooting pains. Well, after several weeks of this, she went to the doctor. It turned out to be a herniated disk in her lower back. She had surgery to correct the problem, and now she's doing much better. I would get it checked out if I was you. My mother waited at first, but it got steadily worse over time.

ths62 · 05-11-2005, 04:16 PM

I have the intermittent claudication.My left leg above the knee would cramp when walking a short distance but stop as soon as I sat down. Have had no problems since i started medication and daily walks.