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What Causes Chronic Leg Pain With Lack Of Foot Reflexes?
My sister has been in the hospital for a week for not being able to walk. She has no reflexes in her foot what so ever and it s cold to touch freezing ice cold and can t put any pressure at all or even lift her leg. She is only 33 years old what could be causing this?
Mon, 19 Dec 2016
Hi welcome to the health care magic
Here she can't even lift her leg and presentation is acute..
So underlying cause like peripheral vascular disease, acute neuropathy, Gullian Barre syndrome etc needs to be ruled out
She should be examined for reflexes and neurological examination by neurophysician
According to cause further specific treatment given
If GBS like cause present than gamma globulin injection or plasmapheresis beneficial
Take care
Hence follow doctor advise and colour doppler or other suitable investigation done according to examination
Here she can't even lift her leg and presentation is acute..
So underlying cause like peripheral vascular disease, acute neuropathy, Gullian Barre syndrome etc needs to be ruled out
She should be examined for reflexes and neurological examination by neurophysician
According to cause further specific treatment given
If GBS like cause present than gamma globulin injection or plasmapheresis beneficial
Take care
Hence follow doctor advise and colour doppler or other suitable investigation done according to examination
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