Leg Pain
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Leg Pain Risk Factors
Risk factors for leg pain include:
Diabetes
Peripheral neuropathy
Alcoholism
Congestive heart failure
Elderly
Repeated
stress
to a joint
Overuse injury
Family history of
arthritis
Tick bite
:
Lyme disease
risk
Obesity
Previous
leg injury
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Leg Pain Symptoms
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Last Updated: Jun 2, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Leg Pain References:
Creamer P. Current perspectives on the clinical presentation of joint pain in human OA. Novartis Found Symp. 2004;260:64-74.
Hester JT. Diagnostic approach to chronic exercise-induced leg pain. A review. Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2001 Apr;18(2):285-306.
Palmer T, Toombs JD. Managing joint pain in primary care. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2004 Nov-Dec;17 Suppl:S32-42.
Turnipseed WD. Clinical review of patients treated for atypical claudication: a 28-year experience. J Vasc Surg. 2004 Jul;40(1):79-85.
