Symptom: Leg paresthesia

Leg paresthesia: Leg tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
Introduction: Abnormal nerve sensations such as pins-and-needles, tingling, burning, prickling or similar feelings are all known as "paresthesias". They usually result from nerve damage due to pressure, entrapment, or nerve diseases. Continued nerve damage can lead to leg numbness and permanent loss of feeling. Any abnormal sensation needs medical investigation.

Detailed cause information for symptom: Leg paresthesia:

Medical conditions causing symptom: Leg paresthesia (25 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Leg paresthesia (2 conditions)

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Types of Leg paresthesia: Foot paresthesia (19), Toe paresthesia (2)
Leg paresthesia type of: Leg symptoms (97), Paresthesias (48)
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Conditions listing symptoms: Leg paresthesia: 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.

B

Broken foot ... tingling foot

Buerger's disease ... leg paresthesias, leg tingling, foot paresthesias, leg burning, foot tingling

C

Celiac Disease ... tingling (legs from nerve damage)

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ... tingling in toes and fingers

D

Diabetes ... foot tingling

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy ... tingling in feet, tingling in legs, tingling in toes

F

Fabry's Disease ... burning sensations in hands and feet

G

Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... leg tingling

H

Hyperventilation ... tingling feet

Hypocalcemia ... foot paresthesias

Hypoparathyroidism ... foot paresthesias

Hypothyroidism ... foot paresthesias

M

Multiple Sclerosis ... foot paresthesias, foot tingling

N

Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning ... tingling legs

O

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... feet tingling

P

Paralytic shellfish poisoning ... leg tingling

Polyarteritis nodosa ... foot paresthesias, tingling feet

Polyneuritis ... foot paresthesias, limb tingling, limb tingling, foot tingling

R

Restless Legs Syndrome ... abnormal leg sensations, leg tingling, calf muscle sensations, painful leg sensations

S

Sjogren's Syndrome ... limb tingling

Stroke ... limb tingling

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord ... foot paresthesias, tingling feet

T

Tetany ... tingling feet

Transverse myelitis ... leg tingling

Type 2 diabetes ... foot tingling

Conditions listing complications: Leg paresthesia: The following list of conditions have 'Leg paresthesia' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

D

Diabetic neuropathy ... Foot paresthesias, Toe paresthesias

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy ... Foot paresthesias, Toe paresthesias

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