Ruling out Other Disorders with Similar Symptoms
A number of other tests may be ordered to rule out disorders with similar symptoms. Such disorders include:
- Arthritis
- Anemia
- Spinal stenosis -- narrowing of the spinal canal causing leg or lower back pain
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- Thrombophlebitis -- blood clots in the deep veins of the legs
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- Peripheral neuropathy -- nerve damage in the legs and feet, usually in people with diabetes
- Night cramps in older people that are not due to problems in blood vessels
- Muscle entrapment of the arteries or kinks in the arteries in the leg -- typically occur in young athletes
- Adventitial cystic disease -- a rare disorder that produces cysts that block the popliteal and other arteries and typically occurs in young people
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