Si te Duelen las Piernas, Hacé Esta Prueba Simple — Transcript

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1. 0:00If your legs hurt, be careful. Don't
2. 0:03automatically assume it’s neuropathy
3. 0:05or a circulation problem. There is a
4. 0:07series of questions that changes
5. 0:09everything. Does the pain appear when
6. 0:11walking, is it worse at night, do your
7. 0:13legs swell? And even though they might
8. 0:16seem like similar things, each of those
9. 0:18answers points to a different problem.
10. 0:21That’s why, today I’m going to
11. 0:23teach you a simple rule to know if your
12. 0:25symptoms are due to nerve, artery, or
13. 0:28vein issues. And stay until the end,
14. 0:31because confusing these causes can make
15. 0:34you waste months, spend money on the
16. 0:36wrong treatments, and worse yet, still
17. 0:38not improve. So, let’s start with the
18. 0:42clues that make us think more about
19. 0:45neuropathy. When the problem is in the
20. 0:49nerves, people often describe it simply
21. 0:52as pain, as burning, stinging, tingling
22. 0:55, pricking, or electric shocks. Even as
23. 1:00numbness in the skin. And something
24. 1:03very typical is that these symptoms
25. 1:05don’t always depend on exertion; they
26. 1:08can appear while sitting, lying down,
27. 1:10or even at rest. In fact, the most
28. 1:14typical thing by far is that at night,
29. 1:16the burning, tingling, or shocks become
30. 1:19more intense and get worse. A very
31. 1:23characteristic sensation can also
32. 1:25appear, like walking on cotton, as if
33. 1:27the sole of the foot doesn’t feel the
34. 1:29ground well or as if the touch were
35. 1:31more dulled, distant, or less clear. So
36. 1:35, another important fact is pain from
37. 1:38touch. Some people are bothered by the
38. 1:41touch of a sheet, a tight sock, or even
39. 1:44hot water in the shower. When that
40. 1:47appears, it strongly points toward pain
41. 1:50of nervous origin. That’s why if what
42. 1:55predominates is burning, electricity,
43. 1:57pricking, numbness, the feeling of
44. 2:00walking on cotton, and nighttime
45. 2:02worsening, then we must seriously think
46. 2:04about neuropathy. But here comes the
47. 2:08confusion, right? Does every burning
48. 2:10sensation in the legs mean neuropathy?
49. 2:13So, how do we differentiate it? The key
50. 2:17here isn't just how the pain feels; the
51. 2:19key is when it appears, because when
52. 2:22there is a circulatory problem,
53. 2:25especially if it is arterial, the pain
54. 2:27typically increases as you walk. And
55. 2:31that is a key piece of information to
56. 2:33pay close attention to. If the pain
57. 2:36appears while you walk and forces you
58. 2:38to stop, then improves when you rest
59. 2:41for a few minutes, and returns when you
60. 2:43resume walking. Then we are no longer
61. 2:47talking about just any pain, and
62. 2:48certainly not about neuropathy. In that
63. 2:52case, the two major causes we must rule
64. 2:55out are an arterial problem in leg
65. 2:57circulation, which is usually the most
66. 3:00common, or lumbar spinal stenosis in
67. 3:03the back. At first, this pain may only
68. 3:07appear when walking long distances, but
69. 3:10over time, it appears after walking
70. 3:12shorter distances and becomes
71. 3:14increasingly intense. In addition,
72. 3:18during the day, you will feel
73. 3:20significant tiredness or a sensation of
74. 3:22heaviness in your legs. There is
75. 3:25another detail that often causes a lot
76. 3:27of confusion: cold feet, but here we
77. 3:29must distinguish between two important
78. 3:31things. In neuropathy, many people feel
79. 3:35their feet are cold, but from the
80. 3:37inside, like an internal sensation of
81. 3:38cold, even though when you touch the
82. 3:40foot, the temperature may be normal. In
83. 3:44contrast, when the problem is
84. 3:46circulatory, the foot can be truly cold
85. 3:48to the touch, and that is a major
86. 3:50difference. Whether you touch it
87. 3:53yourself or someone else does, you will
88. 3:55notice that the temperature is
89. 3:56genuinely lowered. Furthermore, with
90. 3:59circulatory problems, you will notice
91. 4:02more significant changes in the skin.
92. 4:04For example, the leg may look shinier,
93. 4:07with less hair, the foot will look
94. 4:10paler, and the nails can become more
95. 4:12brittle. And very importantly, any
96. 4:16wound, blister, or cut on the foot may
97. 4:18take a long time to heal. And if a
98. 4:22wound on the toes, heel, or sole of the
99. 4:25foot doesn't close, that is no longer
100. 4:27just leg pain. That is when the
101. 4:29circulation must be examined. But be
102. 4:32careful, because if the problem is not
103. 4:35in the arteries but in the veins, the
104. 4:38pattern changes quite a bit, because in
105. 4:41venous problems, it is typical to have,
106. 4:44likely, many varicose veins in the legs
107. 4:46, accompanied by a heavy feeling in the
108. 4:49legs during the day, which worsens from
109. 4:52morning until night, along with color
110. 4:55changes in the ankles that gradually
111. 4:57darken and spread up the leg. the leg,
112. 5:01as you can see in the image. And
113. 5:04finally, swelling appears at the end of
114. 5:06the day, which improves by elevating
115. 5:08the legs. And in these cases, more than
116. 5:12an electric tingling or the sensation
117. 5:14of tiny needles in the skin, the
118. 5:16sensation is one of itching. And before
119. 5:20we get to the rule I promised you at
120. 5:22the beginning, if listening to this
121. 5:24makes you feel that no one ever fully
122. 5:26explained if your issue comes from your
123. 5:29nerves, circulation, or spine, know
124. 5:31that I am also offering online
125. 5:33consultations to review each case in
126. 5:35more detail and determine which studies
127. 5:37and treatments would make sense so you
128. 5:39can get better. You can schedule your
129. 5:43consultation by scanning the QR code
130. 5:45you see on the screen or through the
131. 5:47link I have pinned in the first comment
132. 5:49. Now, there is something fundamental
133. 5:51in this video that I want you to
134. 5:52remember, and it is this simple rule.
135. 5:55If it burns and tingles like
136. 5:56electricity and gets worse at night,
137. 5:59think of your nerves first. If the pain
138. 6:02appears when walking and improves when
139. 6:04you stop, especially if there are skin
140. 6:06changes, think of your arteries. And if
141. 6:09your legs feel heavy, swell, and
142. 6:11improve when you elevate them, think of
143. 6:14your veins. I would like you to tell me
144. 6:17which symptoms you recognize in your
145. 6:19case and if you have been able to
146. 6:21improve with your doctors 'treatments.
147. 6:23I will be reading all your comments to
148. 6:25prepare the upcoming videos. See you
149. 6:27next time. Yeah.