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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Leg paresthesia. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
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Why: to determine if acute or chronic.
Why: symmetrical involvement of both legs suggest peripheral neuropathy. If leg paresthesia is asymmetrical or confined to one limb this may suggest individual nerve disease.
Why: may help determine the cause.
Why: e.g. broken leg or foot may damage nerves and cause leg paresthesia.
Why: may suggest spinal canal stenosis.
Why: e.g. smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure.
Why: some medications may cause peripheral neuropathy with a glove and stocking pattern paresthesia including isoniazid, vincristine, phenytoin, nitrofurantoin, cisplatinum, amiodarone.
Why: may assist in determining the risk of Vitamin B1, B12 and folic acid deficiency.
Why: will help determine the risk of alcohol peripheral neuropathy.
Why: may suggest lumbar spine spondylosis (degeneration), spinal stenosis, tumor of the cauda equina (distal tip of the spinal cord and its nerves), spondylolisthesis (forward movement of one lumbar vertebrae on the one below it), herniated disk or pelvic tumor.
Why: If incontinence or urine is present, this may suggest poliomyelitis, cauda equina tumor or metastatic tumor of the lumbar spine.
Why: e.g. long history of backache; pain initially in the lumbar back area and then radiating distally into buttocks and legs; paresthesia may be present in groin, medial thigh, big toe or little toe.
Why: e.g. intermittent claudication (cramp like pain in the calves with exercise, relieved by rest), calf pain with rest, occasionally may have transient paresthesia of the leg accompanying the pain and fatigue of claudication.
Why: e.g. sudden severe leg pain, pallor of skin, paresthesia or numbness of lower leg, paralysis or weakness of leg.
Why: e.g. frequency of urination, excessive thirst, weight loss, fatigue, increased infections. Diabetes may be complicated by a painful peripheral neuropathy with a glove and stocking pattern paresthesia.
Why: e.g. symptoms begin 7-10 days after an infective illness. It results in muscle paralysis which typically ascends from the lower to the upper limbs. Sensory loss (paresthesia) is usually minimal.
The following list of conditions have 'Leg paresthesia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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The following list of medical conditions have 'Leg paresthesia'
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