The lungs also help the body to get rid of CO 2 gas when we breathe out. There are a number of other jobs carried out by the lungs that include: 1  Changing the pH of blood (whether the blood is more acid or alkali) by increasing or decreasing the amount of CO 2 in the body. 2  Filtering out small blood clots formed in veins.
Anxiety, however, is often the cause of jelly legs, especially severe anxiety. Take our free 7 minute anxiety test to score your anxiety severity and learn more about how to control your anxiety. Start the anxiety test here. When your legs feel like jelly, standing can feel unusual. It may be accompanied by dizziness or balance issues that are either related to the weakness in your legs, or the direct result of anxiety causing other symptoms and conditions.
Leg weakness can occur as part of a generalized feeling of weakness all over your body, or it may develop in one or both legs. True weakness occurs when the muscles lose their strength, but people often perceive that their muscles are weak when they feel ill or tired. In these cases there is not a true loss of muscle function. The sudden onset of muscle weakness can be a sign of stroke, a potentially life-threatening condition in which part of the brain is deprived of oxygen. This article focuses on conditions that cause a true loss of strength in the leg muscles. Among the most common causes for leg weakness is sciatica, problems with the spinal cord that lead to pinching or compression of the nerves as they exit the spinal cord through the holes between the vertebrae of the backbone.