The leg seems simple in structure, but it is a complex structure consisting of 26 bones, 33 joints, numerous muscles, nerves and various ligaments. Any part of it can be affected by the disease. Some disorders of the legs are manifested by soft aching or, when pulling the legs, pulling pain. In most cases, people attribute the appearance of pain in the legs to minor problems and prefer to treat with home remedies, which, if not handled correctly, can lead to serious health complications and even disability.
Symptoms that occur in the legs, including pain, numbness, weakness, stiffness, swelling, feeling like pulling legs, or problems with movement, are the result of diseases of other parts of the body and internal organs of a person and manifest themselves in different ways. Pain and discomfort torment a person constantly or periodically. The condition of the legs may improve or worsen during movement. If leg pain is present, then it is described as acute, dull, stitching, burning or throbbing, and also vary in intensity: from mild to severe pain.
When a person is tormented by the feeling that he is stretching his legs, then, as a rule, the disease is not limited to foot disease. However, signs of it are often primarily manifested precisely in the lower extremities. This is due to the remoteness of the central blood circulation, as well as the constant load of the whole body weight on them. The cause of drawing pain in the legs may be osteochondrosis and other problems with the spine. In addition, they should be considered as the result of vascular disease, the state of the walls of blood vessels or diseases of the endocrine system. That is, you should not lose sight of such reasons as varicose veins, vascular atherosclerosis, gout and diabetes, as well as acute infectious diseases or chronic kidney problems that lead to intoxication of the body.
Appropriate medical examination and laboratory tests, including ultrasound, x-ray or MRI, as well as duplex scanning, will help assess the condition of blood vessels and soft tissues. It is possible to identify the reason why the legs are pulled, only after passing the necessary examinations as prescribed by the doctor. If the cause was a problem associated with vascular disease (loss of elasticity for large or circulatory disorders in the capillaries, atherosclerosis, varicose veins, diabetic angiopathy), then anxiety is caused by stagnation of blood, which leads to the accumulation of oxidation and decomposition products in muscle tissues. External manifestations are initially invisible, later thinning of the skin appears and a vascular pattern appears.
Often they stretch their legs during pregnancy, when there is a deficiency of calcium, magnesium and vitamins. These severe pains of a pulling nature, accompanied by convulsions, pregnant women usually feel at night. This balanced diet helps to alleviate this condition, which necessarily includes products with easily digestible calcium (cheese, cottage cheese, milk) and magnesium (buckwheat, pine nuts, almonds, oatmeal, peas, beans). The intake of complex vitamin-mineral preparations (including vitamin C) is possible in this case only as directed by a doctor. In two or three days the situation may improve. There are cases when night cramps and pulling leg pain did not happen if a pregnant woman ate at least 100 grams of cottage cheese during the day.
If you pull your legs at night, then it can be caused by restless legs syndrome, which is a problem of a person’s mental state. In this case, no structural changes are observed in the muscle tissues or vessels of the legs, but a person, usually after 18 hours, cannot fall asleep due to the need for constant movement of the lower limbs. This anxiety lasts all the first half of the night, only after 4 in the morning a person manages to fall asleep. This condition is caused by muscle hypertonicity resulting from strong emotional stress and stress received by him during the day. This condition is exhausting, depriving a good rest and can lead to severe nervous breakdowns. Therefore, you need to contact a specialist.