Most conditions that cause leg pain arise slowly, and home care should be individualized for each patient. One's health-care provider is an important resource for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. If acute pain with leg swelling or loss of feeling associated with a cold leg occurs, medical care should be accessed immediately.
a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist). Origin of altruist. French. 1865-1870.
altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes. 2. to devote one's later years to philanthropy.