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I have burning and prickling sensations in my legs.could this be sciatica or something similar ?
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Yes: Sciatica is nerve irritation most often from spine issue sometimes from hip or si problems.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Possibly: Sciatic pain has certain characteristics such as pain along a nerve distribution, numbness, weakness of specific muscles. Some of these symtomps can overlap with diseases of kidney, hip, abdomen. Your leg symptoms may be a mild form of sciatica. Your doctor can help you sort out your symptoms.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Sciatica: Pain in the distribution as you suggested describes the pattern of the nerve that travels in the leg called the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is not the cause of the pain source, it is the result of an irritated nerve typically in the lumbar spine (low back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist.
Answered 7/14/2014
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