Feeling Cold And Pain In The Legs. Causes?

Posted on Sat, 10 Dec 2011

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Sat, 10 Dec 2011 Answered on

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Question : my legs feel like i am in a ice bucket and are very painful

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (12 hours later)

Hello,

Thanks for posting your query.

Feeling of cold and extremely painful legs can be suggestive of a vascular insufficiency in the legs or a neurological deficit due to chronic problems like Diabetes or due to functional disorder of the nerves or vitamin B 12 deficiencies.

You need a careful assessment by your physician along with investigations like color Doppler study for leg blood vessels for proper diagnosis and further treatment.

Hope this answers your query. I will be glad to answer the follow up queries that you have.
Please accept my answer in case you do not have further queries.

Wishing you good health.

Regards.

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