- Phlebitis
Phlebitis means inflammation of the veins, and can cause redness, itching, irritation, pain, and swelling.
- Restless legs syndrome
Restless leg syndrome causes intense discomfort in your legs and an overpowering urge to move them.
- Blood clot in the legs
Blood clots in the leg can become very dangerous, symptoms include swelling, redness, tenderness in the leg.
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
Osteomyelitis is an infection of a bone that causes pain, swelling, and redness.
- Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is a nerve condition of the extremities causing numbness, tingling, and pain.
- Cauda equina syndrome
Cauda equina syndrome is when a bundle of nerves at the lower end of the spinal cord become compressed.
- Cellulitis
Cellulitis, a bacterial infection of the skin, causes red, tender skin that is usually swollen and warm.
- Insect bites
Redness, swelling, pain, itching, bumps are common symptoms of insect bites.
- Insect sting
An insect sting may be followed by redness, swelling, and itching.
- Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the nervous system causing difficulties with balance, speech, and movement.
- Porphyria
Porphyria is a condition that can affect the nerves and skin, making the skin extremely sensitive to sunlight.
- Cirrhosis (liver)
Cirrhosis is a liver condition caused by chronic scarring; causing weakness, fatigue, and jaundice and more.
- Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)
Giant cell arteritis is a blood vessel condition causing headaches located near temples and flu like symptoms.
- Lyme disease
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through tick bites; symptoms include rash, fever chills, and more.
- Poison ivy, oak, and sumac
The toxin found in poison ivy, oak, and sumac causes an itchy, allergic rash with raised welts and blisters.
- Pulmonary embolism
A pulmonary embolism, a blood clot lodged in the lung, causes shortness of breath, chest pain, and more.
- Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension can cause shortness of breath, a fast heart rate, or lightheadedness.
- Rheumatic fever
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease and causes fever, joint pain, abdominal pain, rash, and more.
- Thrombophlebitis
Blood clots in the leg can become very dangerous; symptoms include swelling, redness, and leg tenderness.
- Lumbar (low back) herniated disk
A lumbar herniated disc is a condition of the lower spine causing low back pain, weakness, or numbness.
- Thoracic spinal stenosis
Thoracic spinal stenosis can cause pain in your back and legs, loss of bladder or bowel function, and more.
- Tourette syndrome
Tourette's syndrome is a nervous system disorder that causes involuntary movements or sounds called tics.
- Epilepsy (simple partial seizures)
During simple partial epileptic seizures, people remain fully conscious, able to respond to external stimuli.
- Sciatica
Sciatica is pain, numbness, weakness or tingling in the leg caused by an injury to the sciatic nerve.
- Vertebral compression fracture (lumbar)
A vertebral compression fracture can cause pain and weakness in the lower back, upper back, neck, or hip.
- Acute kidney failure
Acute kidney failure is sudden and can cause swelling, frequent dark urination, fatigue, nausea and more.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig disease)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis affects the nervous system and causes muscle weakness and brain dysfunction.
- Periodic limb movement disorder
Periodic limb movement disorder is a sleep disorder that causes the legs to move repetitively during sleep.
- Peripheral vascular disease
Peripheral vascular disease is a blood vessel condition that causes pain, cold feet, and bluish colored skin.
- Burn (heat or fire)
Burns caused by heat are called thermal burns and can cause pain swelling, skin changes, blisters and more.
- Chemical burns
A chemical burn can cause symptoms ranging from burning and blisters to pain and shortness of breath.
- Aortic aneurysm (abdomen)
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is swelling of the main abdominal artery and can cause sudden chest pain.
- Tick bite
A tick-related illness may cause a rash that expands out from the site of the bite, fever, chills, and more.
