MY LEGS HURT
Written by U.S Immigration News Monday, 02 April 2012 23:51
Many people at some point in time have had uncomfortable feelings in their legs. Pain can arise from muscle, bone, and joints as a result of different medical problems. This write-up focuses on pain that occurs in the legs because of decrease blood supply (peripheral arterial disease - PAD).
When you exercise the muscles of the leg (as is the case when walking), there is increased demand on your blood supply to keep up with the exercise. When the arteries (vessels that carry blood with oxygen) are clogged by fat deposits, they are unable to meet up with the required increase in blood supply to such muscles. Discomfort ensues which varies in intensity from mild discomfort to severe pain that may necessitate the need to stop and rest the leg. The pain that occurs with walking is...