Suggest Treatment For Pain In The Leg

Posted on Thu, 20 Oct 2016

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Question : My wife is having leg pain by end of the day for the last one month, she is not working/house wife and 40yrs old, i would like to know the reason for the same along with the correct line of treatment with duration as the pain in below knee onwards. Is there any special medicines needed for females after the age of 40yrs.
Please suggest with details urgently.

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Age related problems

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, thanks for trusting health care magic.
This pain is mostly related to age related degeneration of nerves and is not serious usually.
Give her tablet calcium and vitamin D along with vitamin E tablets after discussing with your doctor.
Also get DEXA scan done to co-relate with the problem.
In case of any other question please feel free to ask.
Regards
Dr Manisha

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Manisha Jain (9 hours later)

But 40yrs is not the very old age, while standing continuously pain below knees becomes worse, some times acute pain, what is the exact reason for it. Her weight is around 45kgs and height is 5feet 2inches.

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Precautions advised

Detailed Answer:
There is usually no exact reason per se for this and just withdrawal of estrogen in this age group causes slight irritability and bone weakness which exacerbates in standing.
Calcium and vitamin E are very good but in case these pains persist then Gabapentin can be added which is also very helpful in relieving these type of symptoms.
Ask her to take a lot of soyabean, walnut, milk and almonds daily along with ample amount of water to maintain hydration.
Wish her good health

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar