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Q: Back and Foot Pain during Pregnancy
asked by: DoctorQuestion on November 11th, 2006
my friend is 5 months pregnant and has been having lots of pain in her back and now she is having pain in her right foot and it hurts to walk on it what can be causing this


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on November 30th, 2006
Pregnancy Answer A1848
Back pain and pain in the lower extremities experience by pregnant women is usually due to the pressure that fetus creates on the lumbar and sacral nerve plexus.


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