Varicose veins
Varicose veins are superficial leg veins whose vascular walls have been weakened due to excessive strain. In the legs, the blood must be returned to the heart through the veins against gravity. To do this, the veins have small valves that ensure that the blood transported upwards does not follow gravity and flow back into the feet.
In the long run, these valves can become leaky (insufficient) so that they no longer close properly. As a result, the blood accumulates in the veins, which become bulging and begin to coil under the skin. Due to the accumulation of blood, many nutrients can no longer be transported away, they accumulate in the blood vessels and tissue and can lead to burning pain in the affected leg.
In the case of a herniated disc, the disc, which is normally located between two vertebrae, is pushed out of its position so that it presses on the spinal cord, for example. This disrupts the conduction function of the spinal cord or the nerves that originate from there, so that information about touch, pressure, temperature, etc. can no longer be adequately transmitted to the brain.
These sensory qualities from the leg are thus interpreted by the brain as unpleasant tingling or burning sensations. Meralgia paraesthetica (also known as Bernhardt-Roth syndrome or Inguinal tunnel syndrome) is a disorder in which a femoral nerve is trapped in the inguinal canal. This nerve (nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis) is responsible for the transmission of sensations (sensitivity) such as pressure, temperature and touch.
In its course, the nerve passes through the inguinal ligament, where it can be constricted very quickly. Common causes are weight gain, pregnancy or extensive strength training in the groin area (thighs and abdominal muscles). The Meralgia paraesthetica manifests itself mainly by a burning sensation on the outer side of the front thigh.
Electrifying or needle-like pain can also occur. Vitamins are chemical compounds that our body needs in small doses for various functions. However, the body cannot produce these vitamins itself or can only do so in very small and therefore insufficient quantities.
A vitamin deficiency can therefore quickly develop in an unbalanced diet. Vitamins E and D are particularly associated with nerve dysfunction. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and is mainly found in vegetable fats.
Vitamin D is produced by the body itself from precursors, but this requires the intake of precursors from fish, for example, and the body also needs sunlight to produce vitamin D. A deficiency of these two vitamins in particular leads to a loss of function of nerve fibres. As a result, the nerves transmit false signals to the brain, which can cause a burning sensation in the leg even without the corresponding stimulus. A burning sensation in the leg at rest usually indicates more severe damage to the vessels or fundamental damage to the nerves.
To be able to trigger burning pain, vessels must already be very severely constricted, as the supply of nutrients is not only insufficient for a strained musculature, but the tissue is chronically undersupplied. In the case of a burning sensation caused by nerve damage, the pain often occurs at rest, since the nerve can transmit incorrect information to the brain even without a stimulus. Rheumatism is a collective term for many diseases that are based on an autoimmune disease.
Here the immune system is directed against the body’s own cells, so that inflammations occur again and again. In rheumatism, the locomotor system (especially the joints) is particularly affected. In the long term, rheumatism leads to the destruction of the joint surfaces. When the rheumatic disease causes the first joint damage, this can become noticeable by burning pain. On the leg, both the large joints (hip joint, knee joint, ankle joint) and the small joints (tarsal bones, joints between the individual toe bones.
