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10 Causes of Sudden Leg Weakness—No. 8 Is Very Common

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This article is for general information and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Talk to a qualified health provider about your situation.

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Let’s talk about sudden leg weakness and what serious conditions can indicate it!

A feeling of sudden leg weakness, causing your legs to buckle or give out, can be alarming. The condition is a common symptom of many different injuries and health conditions. Not all of them are serious, but sometimes weakness in the legs indicates a medical urgency that requires prompt medical treatment, especially sudden weakness.

This condition not only refers to weakness that is very obvious over seconds, hours, or days. In some cases, sudden leg weakness may have been coming on for weeks.

In this article, we’ll discuss a few potential causes of it and other symptoms you need to know.

3 Comments

  1. It just happened to me in the last I would say one month or one and a half month I just fell down first when I fell down I banged my head on the floor because I lose conscience for the 007 seconds and second time it just happened this morning when I went to washroom and going back to the bedroom my legs they just give up but nothing else this time I fell down between my bad this time I had a little problem to get up on my bed somehow I grab myself for one side of the bed and I manage to get up so I would like to know what really happening and I start to worry a little bit especially when I’m walking and going outside would you please let me know

  2. When i was a sophomore in high school my legs would collapse on me. There was three floors and6 flights of stairs. I could get up the first set but after hitting the landing i could maybe do 6 steps before i was toast. I had yo sit down until feeling came back in my legs to support my weight. l was unbearably thin. The doctor told us that it was from my muscles atrophy during the summer. We were always walking and riding bikes so I was very confused. No blood work was done just a examination. There was never pain irritation tingling just refused to go any further.’

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