What are the causes of pain in one lower extremity



The cause of pain in one lower limb may be lumbar disc herniation, arthritis, vascular stenosis, pyriformis syndrome and so on.

1. If one side of the lower limb pain if the whole lower limb pain, may be sciatica, lumbar disc herniation compression of the nerve caused by the need to do lumbar spine MRI to clarify the diagnosis.

2. If the pain is in the joints, it may be arthritis, limited joint movement, need to take X-ray film to further clarify the diagnosis.

3. Lower limb pain and accompanied by lower limb coldness may be lower limb vascular stenosis, can do lower limb vascular ultrasound or angiography to clarify the diagnosis.

4. Piriformis syndrome is caused by the strain and swelling of the piriformis muscle, which compresses the nerves and causes pain on one side of the leg.

So one side of the lower limb pain, through the rest did not reduce should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment.