What is heaviness and weakness in the lower limbs?

Some people are very sensitive. When something is wrong with their body, they will start to doubt everything and always think they have some disease. In fact, many times, some of the symptoms that appear in the body do not necessarily mean that you are sick. They may be caused by irregular daily life, or you may be too suspicious. Some people always ask what disease causes heaviness and weakness in the lower limbs. In fact, these symptoms may occur if you don’t get enough rest.

1. Overview

In life, some people feel very tired after standing for a while, and then they are unwilling to stand any longer. This is actually a manifestation of weakness in the lower limbs. Next, I will introduce to you the common diseases that cause lower limb weakness.

2. What are the common diseases of lower limb weakness?

First: Lower limb weakness is mostly caused by spinal cervical spondylosis, which mainly manifests as lower limb weakness, numbness, tightness, heavy feeling when walking, etc., and gradually lameness, trembling, unsteady gait, easy falling and other phenomena will appear. This is an important type of spinal disease.

Second: Weakness of both lower limbs may lead to central paralysis of the lower limbs. This is the clinical manifestation of congenital hydrocephalus. This symptom may also occur if the fluid on the brain is severe and progresses quickly. Brain degeneration, brain development disorders, central paralysis of the limbs, especially the lower limbs.

Third: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is mainly characterized by spastic quadriplegia. Patients with this disease will not have sensory impairment, and the medulla oblongata will often be invaded, resulting in symptoms of the lower cranial nerves. It directly affects nerve transmission and causes atrophy of some muscles.

3. Steps/Methods:

1 Generally speaking, when we have a cold or fever, we will feel weak all over, especially our lower limbs feel very heavy. When we walk, we don’t even have the strength to move our legs. These may be some typical symptoms caused by a cold. We should treat the cold mainly to improve this symptom.

2 In addition, symptoms of hepatitis in our daily lives can also cause heaviness in the lower limbs. He even felt faint when walking, and felt panicky. Sometimes he had hepatitis and his legs became swollen. In short, there are many reasons for the symptom of heaviness in the lower limbs.

3 Another symptom is the typical varicose veins. Many patients with varicose veins have the typical symptom of heavy lower limbs. However, varicose veins have a very obvious characteristic, that is, the blood vessels are more prominent, which can be observed with the naked eye.

IV. Precautions

Weakness in both lower limbs can have a great impact on our lives, leaving us helpless in many situations. So the most important thing is to find out the cause and then get treatment.