What are the causes of unilateral leg pain?

In life, we often hear people complaining about back pain and leg pain. In fact, the leg pain here generally refers to unilateral leg pain. Leg pain is usually caused by overwork or getting cold while sleeping at night. Only a very small number of patients have leg pain due to bone spurs and bone hyperplasia. The following editor will give you a detailed introduction to the specific causes of unilateral leg pain.

Generally, the leg pain we experience is caused by walking too much or being too tired. It will usually get better after a short rest. However, if the leg pain occurs for a long time, we cannot simply assume that it is caused by fatigue.

What are the causes of leg pain?

1. Leg pain caused by inflammation

1.1 Inflammation

The inflammatory factors that cause leg pain include infectious inflammation of the bones, joints and soft tissues of the waist and legs caused by specific infectious sources.

1.2. Aseptic inflammation of soft tissue

Aseptic inflammation of soft tissue caused by trauma, strain, cold, dampness and muscle spasm, etc., leads to congestion, edema, exudation and adhesion of fibrous tissue in the affected area, thus causing low back and leg pain.

1.3. Arthritis

Joint inflammation is also a major cause of leg pain, which includes rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The symptoms of the former are manifested by the varying locations of joint pain, while the symptoms of the latter are mostly manifested as stiffness and inflexibility of leg movements.

2. Varicose veins cause leg pain

2.1. Incorrect posture

According to a survey, 10% of patients with varicose veins are engaged in occupations that require frequent walking; 30% are engaged in occupations that require frequent sitting; and 60% are engaged in standing and physical work, indicating that inactive standing can cause more serious damage to the veins in the lower limbs.

2.2 Pregnancy

At present, most pregnant women will have varicose veins during pregnancy. The reason is that the change of estrogen level in women during pregnancy relaxes the venous smooth muscle and promotes valvular insufficiency. Some patients can eliminate this phenomenon by themselves after delivery, while some patients are difficult to recover without treatment, and even become more and more serious.

Pregnant women generally experience leg pain because various symptoms will appear during pregnancy, leg pain is one of them. Leg pain in this case is generally difficult to relieve. The symptoms will naturally disappear at the end of pregnancy, so there is no need to worry too much.

2.3 Structural defects of the vein wall

Long-term venous dilatation can cause the valves to atrophy due to disuse, or even gradually degenerate and disappear. If the valve defect precedes varicose veins, then while the valve is damaged, the venous wall will be affected, and venous congestion can also lead to varicose veins or dilatation.