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What Causes Burning Sensation In The Legs Of An Heart Patient?
Hi, I am having a burning sensation in my legs and it`s not allowing me to be very active when it comes to leg activities. I was a smoker for many years and I quit three months ago. I am looking for a doctor that can recommend a solution for a heart patient.
Wed, 10 May 2017
Hello thanks for posting at HCM.
Burning sensation in the legs can be caused by peripjerla neuropathy which means pain or burning sensation due to damage to nerves of the legs.
In smokers the arteries of the legs below the knee tend to develop plaques causing pain on walking and burning sensation. To evaluate that you have to do a bilateral lower limb arterial Doppler. If this condition is found you can be started on medications for the same .
Second thing that can cause this is long standing diabetes. Now you have not mentioned if you are diabetic or not. I recommend to get a fasting and post prandial blood sugars and an HbA1c test to confirm the same.
you can take tablet pregabalin 75 mg at night for the pain. But important is to get evaluated for it.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
Burning sensation in the legs can be caused by peripjerla neuropathy which means pain or burning sensation due to damage to nerves of the legs.
In smokers the arteries of the legs below the knee tend to develop plaques causing pain on walking and burning sensation. To evaluate that you have to do a bilateral lower limb arterial Doppler. If this condition is found you can be started on medications for the same .
Second thing that can cause this is long standing diabetes. Now you have not mentioned if you are diabetic or not. I recommend to get a fasting and post prandial blood sugars and an HbA1c test to confirm the same.
you can take tablet pregabalin 75 mg at night for the pain. But important is to get evaluated for it.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
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