# sore legs and arthritis maybe

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**Created:** [June 25, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-legs-and-arthritis-maybe/252123 "2004-06-25T02:03:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-legs-and-arthritis-maybe/252123/1 "2004-06-25T02:03:50Z")

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Yes, I am going to go to a doctor, but I wanted to see if anyone else gets this.

For a couple of days, my right leg had bee stiff, when I got up, I had to wait a few seconds to put weight on it and it was stiff, I almost limped a bit when walking.  
It was a little sore at the top of the leg and the ankle.

Yesterday and today my left ankle is sore, just a small place by the bone on the outer side of it and a little swollen.

Is this arthritis?  
Does it travel like this?

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-legs-and-arthritis-maybe/252123/2 "2004-06-25T02:12:55Z")

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Arthritis is a joint disease. It doesn’t travel.

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**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-legs-and-arthritis-maybe/252123/3 "2004-06-25T02:18:05Z")

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I had a good friend that ate too much ham on Thanksgiving. He had symptoms like you describe. His doctor said he had gout. One cause is too much ham or pork…I think it has other causes. But it start in one joint and travels.  
[Link](http://www.podiatrychannel.com/gout/)

Obviously, I am not a doctor. But your symptoms sounded like his almost exactly.

Hope you feel better soon.

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-legs-and-arthritis-maybe/252123/4 "2004-06-25T02:52:35Z")

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Well, that seems to rule both of those out.  
The right leg pain was in no joints at all.  
And my toes are perfect.

On my left foot, it is difficult to stretch the toes upward, the stretching hurtsthe back of my ankle and heel.

Will let you know.