Question 1

what can cause leg weakness/tiredness?

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Many causes: In your age group, may consider spinal stenosis, poor blood flow to legs, such as intermittent claudication, myasthenia gravis or muscle disease, peripheral nerve issues, spinal cord compression caused by neck degeneration.  But could well be a benign problem, such as deconditioning, gaining weight, having thyroid issues, even depression  your doctor can sort all of this out.

Question 2

could ovarian cysts cause leg weakness?

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If gigantic: Typical ovarian cysts are too small to compress nerves leaving the lower spinal cord to enter the leg.  A super large cyst could conceivably affect the retro-peritoneal ilio-hypogastric or ilio-inguinal nerves, or even the femoral, but I have never encountered this.  I have seen post-operative complications affecting all of these nerves however.

Question 3

canfoot nunbness and leg weakness be caused by shingles in chest ?

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Vzv: Sshingles can cause separate neurologic manifestations (neuropathy, myelitis, etc) from the rash and pain. Would be very unlikely to occcur at same time.

Question 4

would l4-5 posterior &rt paracentral as forrminal herniation cause leg weakness?

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Lumbar radiculopathy: In the lower back, a nerve can be "pinched" by a disc herniation, or by foraminal narrowing.  Unilateral leg weakness, associated with pain and numbness might be seen. If at l-4, weakness of thigh muscles, l-5 weakness foot dorsiflexors, s-1 weakness of foot plantar flexors.

Question 5

can shingles cause back pain and leg weakness?  all other disorders have been ruled out.

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Possibly: Yes, though weakness is a little unusual unless the pain is severe.  Do you have a rash?  It would be one sided if shingles.  
You should see your GP or a walk in clinic or at least call your provincial nurse line.  It&#x27;s hard, incidentally, for anyone to &quot;rule out all other causes&quot; (of anything).  If you have already seen your doc, it might be time for another opinion. Be persistent.

Question 6

could spinal/back problems cause leg weakness?

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Yes, : If a ruptured disc compressing a spinal nerve going to the leg, weakness affecting those muscles could be acquired.  Spinal stenosis, which is widespread might cause weakness in both legs.

Question 7

what could cause left arm and leg weakness?

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Multiple things: If your left arm and leg are both weak, you can be having or have had a stroke.  Alternatively, brain tumors or seizures can lead to such weakness.  Furthermore, high neck problems (discs, tumors, fractures) that are asymmetric to the left can cause these problems also. These are just a few causes by the way.  See your md for a full workup.

Question 8

can low blood sugar cause strange leg weakness?

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Sure: People who have experienced hypoglycemia often describe it as a sensation making them feel weak and shaky as well as other things.

Question 9

can nuvaring cause leg weakness/pain/restlessness?

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Unlikely, but...: Probably not, but the eluting (drug) iud, can increase the likelyhood of phlebitis, albeit low. Restlessness, many causes-doubt related to your pain, per se!  need to discuss this with your doc!

Question 10

can a compressed sciatic nerve cause leg weakness? specifically the hamstring?

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Possibly: A compressed sciatic nerve can cause leg weakness.  Often pain down the leg is due to a lumbar radiculopathy or irritation to the lumbar nerve roots that make up the sciatic nerve. The distribution of pain depends on which nerve is irritated although pain in the back or leg or "hamstring" is common.  See your md if this pain lasts greater than 2 weeks.

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