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Home › Information and support for leg and foot problems › Health concerns

Health concerns

There are many different underlying health conditions which may affect the health of your legs and feet. Problems can be minor or very serious, it’s best to get to know what normal looks like for you. Symptoms could include pain, swelling, cramps, numbness, or changes to the shape of your leg.

Venous hypertension

Tired, throbbing and painful legs might be connected to problems with the veins in our legs
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Sickle cell

Learn more about how sickle cell can impact your leg health
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Varicose veins

Varicose veins can make our legs painful, heavy, itchy and swollen
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Cramp or leg pain

Cramping and pain in your legs and feet could be intermittent claudication
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Oedema or lymphoedema

Occurs when fluid in our lower legs or feet has trouble returning back up through the body
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Lipoedema

Lipoedema is a long-term and complex condition that almost exclusively affects women
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Popliteal aneurysm

An arterial aneurysm is a swelling of an artery where it becomes 50% larger than it’s nomal size
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