Hi I have lower leg pain just below the knee it is not the acl in the knee it is below that. I have a huge bulging blood vessel with bluing color not black and blue it is dark blue from the vein. I have all sorts of allergic reaction to drugs I take none at all I have high colestrol but can not take statins I had anaphylactic shock 5 times. I have changed my diet to fruits vegetable and fish and chicken I am on a diet of 1200 calories a day. I am 55 weigh 175 5 8 my job is active outside and inside. I swim but can not do as long as this pain is in my leg I actually can not walk on it either I have poison Ivy
Hello, Generally, big blue vessels are varicose veins. Sometimes they ache locally. Often there is poor circulation and swelling in the limb out from where the varicose veins are. Allergy to one thing does not apply to unrelated things. Statins might all be related to each other, but they would not be related to for example chicken. Other Chat Doctor.  Lifestyle and really low fat, low sugar diets lower cholesterol, but the lifestyle actually has a better track record than the