What Causes Leg Pain In A Heart Patient?

Posted on Tue, 20 Sep 2016

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Question : Hi, This is XXXXX. This is regarding my mother. She has been suffering from leg pain. she says that she has pain from toe to thighs. She is a cardiac patient and she never uses pain killers. now she is in a condition where she cannot wear chappal and having a lot of problem and pain to walk. Please advise.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Spine issue or arteries problem.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Her leg pain can be caused by spine disc herniation, chronic leg ischemia or blood clot in the arteries.
Spine disc herniation should also give back pain. The leg pain is usually burning like.
Chronic leg ischemia gives also cold legs and lack of pulse. The pain increases when walking.
Blood clot in the arteries is possible if the pain has appeared suddenly, last for a short time (it is not a chronic pain) and the limb is cold.

For spine diagnostic, MRI should be done and surgery considered.
For arteries disease, Dopplers arteries ultrasound should be done.

Hope this helps.
Regards.

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