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| young male smokers; inflammation of medium size arteries and veins, intermittent claudication and weak peripheral pulses; anti-inflammatory medication does not relieve the pain because the problem is vascular in origin. |
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| superficial skin infection caused by Staph or Strep; painful, red, hot swollen leg with well-defined edges; antibiotics are needed |
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| traumatic injury to the muscles in the anterior or lateral compartment of the leg; inflammatory swelling leads to pain in the affected compartment, followed by numbness and later loss of the affected peripheral pulse [anterior leg-dorsalis pedis] |
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| clot formation in a deep leg vein due to either venous stasis as seen with prolonged immobilization, leg vein trauma or hypercoagulabilty as seen with the use of oral contraception in some women |
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| damage to the blood vessels to the peripheral nerves due to poorly controlled diabetes mellitus; burning pain in the leg followed by paresthesia and numbness in the toes |
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| posterolateral disc bulge causing irritation or pressure on one of the spinal nerves that make up the sciatic nerve [L4-S1]; pain radiates into the back of the thigh and into the leg; SLR and WLR tests will be positive. |
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| Lumbar disc herniation with sciatica: |
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| Narrowing of the spinal canal in the lumbar region often due to large osteophytes encroaching into the spinal canal; intermittent claudication relieved by bending forward; peripheral pulses are normal |
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| Lumbar spinal canal stenosis: |
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| radiating leg pain due to compression of the sciatic nerve as it passes through the piriformis muscle; pain in the leg with a positive SLR, Freiberg’s and Pace’s signs. |
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