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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Calf And Cramps In The Legs

I have pain in my left calf It hurts some thru the day but most times at night when I go to bed Sometimes I get severe leg cramps I usually have to walk them off sometimes it could take 10 minutes for them to subside The pain happens every night and lasts thru the night I started wearing a sleeve and that sometimes helps It has been going on for some time I have had many tests and the doctors say it is arthritis Maybe tou can help me please Sometimes it even affects my inner thighs I do not, nor have I ever smoked, and I do not drink alcohol
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Pain in calf muscles could be due to arthritis and also due to DVT and ischemia. I would suggest you to go for an USG and angiogram for the diagnosis. But for the symptoms, you can go for heat and ice method followed by pain killers to subside the symptoms.
-Dr Gunjan
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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Calf And Cramps In The Legs

Pain in calf muscles could be due to arthritis and also due to DVT and ischemia. I would suggest you to go for an USG and angiogram for the diagnosis. But for the symptoms, you can go for heat and ice method followed by pain killers to subside the symptoms. -Dr Gunjan