bad leg

[Donna Marie]

OUCH!!!

Geeze i'm in so much pain with my left leg!!! it started last night and i've never felt a pain like it! if i sit down it feels like something in my leg is squashing inside!! it feels heavy and stiff and horrible but if i lay down it feels uncomfortable too !!! XX

anybody get this, i'm in despair and don't know what to do!!???

[Clare.T]

I'm sorry you go through so much Donna but all I can suggest is a visit to the doctor's.

You see if we give any other advice it assumes we know what the cause is, which is much the same as diagnosing.

Others might be better able to help you decide how urgent a doctor's visit might be.
I personally would regard it as definitely urgent if the leg is swollen, hard anywhere, red or otherwise discoloured or lacking sensation, throbbing or pulsing or if I had a fever and any other of a wide range of symptoms like breathlessness . (How's that headache?)

Here's an article with some considerations and suggestions

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003182.htm

All the best

Clare