40 yr old with hot legs?

Question

I've been experiencing hotflashes--in my leg! It's very sporadic and lasts less than a minute each time. At first i was joking that someone must have a voodoo doll of me and they're dangling it over a flame but now that it's happened several times (always the same spot) I am wondering if it could be a sign of poor blood circulation in that leg.

I'd hate to dismiss something potentially dangerous but it seems like such an odd symptom, it's hard to take it seriously. Thoughts anyone??? Thanks!

Sorry to let you down, SteveD! :)
I suppose "40yr old woman blames voodoo curse for her burning leg" might have been an attention getter too.

As for the skin turning color, I don't think so. It usually happens when I'm in the middle of something (washing dishes, carrying groceries, sitting at the computer...) and since it comes and goes so quickly, I haven't really been able to check it out with my eyes. I've touched it to see if it feels warm but it's not---only inside, on my calf/shin area.

Thanks for everyone's comments!

Answer 1

Homeopathic Treatment(s) for Menopause Symptoms (Hot Flushes, Head Aches, Depression etc) :-

Aversion to bathing; tiresome, loosing weight; hot and itchy feeling Sulphur 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)

Melancholic, irritable and talkative patient. Burning sensation all over the body. Cannot bear touch even of clothes. Dark coloured haemorrhage. Distressing headache, palpitaion and haemorrhoids. Worse after sleep Lachesis 200 or 1M, weekly one dose (3 Doses)

Weeping disposition; changeable temper; hot perspiration in close and warm room; loss of thirst; desire for open,cold air Pulsatilla 200 or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)

Tired feeling due to over work; pale, flabby, relaxed and chilly patient Calcarea Carb 200 or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)

Tall, thin, easily depressed patient; dislikes sympathy. Bearing down pains, haemorrhage with prolapsus of uterus; leucorrhoea with dyspepsia or constipation. Hot flushes; tendency to faint Sepia 200 or 1M weekly (3 Doses)

Small bones is painful in morning with acidity; dirty coated tongue; filthy taste and bad breath; pallore and chilliness; worse in cold weather. Facial neuralgia due to suppression of leucorrhoea; better sea side Medorrhinum 200 or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)

Rheumatism of muscles of the back and soreness of neck.Violent headache; patient feels as if top of the head is torn off Actaea Racemosa 30, 4 hourly

Physical symptoms disappear as mental symptoms develop. Arrogant and proud patient; contempt for others. Excessive bleeding of dark clotted blood with pain in ovaries. Nymphomania Platina 200 or 1M, weekly (3 Doses) .


No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.

Best of Health to you.


Take Care and God Bless You !

Answer 2

Please get it checked out by your Doctor.

your leg is getting hot, it is also hot to the touch and does it go red in appearance?

if so it could be a DVT, and will require urgent attention.

Now, i am NOT a Doctor, But i am a Nurse, and i have seen too many people spending a long time ill in hospital because they didn't feel ill enough to see their Doctor initially. And unfortunately a former colleague didn't go to see the Doctor when she had similar symptoms to you. The first health care professional she "saw" was the bloke who did her post mortem.

i am not saying this to scare you. only to illustrate the importance of your symptoms. Please don't wait, see your Doctor. it could just be nothing then again it could be something and untill you get it looked at, you won't know.

Answer 3

It could be a DVT?deep vein thrombosis which normally presents as pain and heat in the leg. usually in the calf.you need to see a doc and have some simple blood tests done(D dimer, clotting factors etc)if it is a DVT it is easily curable, however, if left untreated can be potentially dangerous. so go to doctors as soon as you can.

Answer 4

Sounds good eh?? You have 'hot legs'.....just what you want to hear when you're 20! Seriously, I had something similar, but not so much hot, as tingly.......and it happened in flushes (as we British call them!) I would ask your doctor -just to be on the safe side.

Answer 5

i dont think it is anything to worry about, just think of it sometimes we use one leg more than the other and i think it may be that as that sometimes happens to me but I get a tingling sensation and have been taking vitamil B complex, try it , as it helped for me good luck and please ignor that doctor with the smiley face as it is not the menaupause

Answer 6

If I were you I'd get it checked with the doctor. It could be many things, and you'll never know unless you seek help.

Answer 7

and here I am, thinking you were gonna ask something kinky


you should get it checked out

maybe a vein popped, it really is an odd syndrom. but i would not make too much of it