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AIBU?

? DVT

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Marylou62 · 17/01/2015 10:16

About 4 days ago I started getting cramp in my calf (never normally suffer from cramp)...it is not swollen or red and doesn't hurt when I am sitting down...but when I get up it is very painful...when I walk for a while it eases up...now lying here typing it is aching...?DVT

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Marylou62 · 17/01/2015 10:18

Just realized I am on AIBU!! Sorry, ignore me...or not if you have any advice... thanks

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DamnBamboo · 17/01/2015 10:19

Just go to your pharmacy in the first instance, and see what they say. why would you take medical advice from some stranger online

3littlefrogs · 17/01/2015 10:21

It sounds unlikely TBH.
Have you recently given birth?
On the pill?
smoker?
Overweight?
Had surgery?

Get a tape measure and measure round the widest part of each calf and compare.
Is the sore one bigger?
Is it hot/red/tender?
Do you feel feverish?
Take off your shoes and socks/tights. look at the skin and veins on your foot and ankle. Are they more visible/swollen on the affected side?

Having said all that, it is still not possible to diagnose over the internet, but these are the risk factors/signs/symptoms that are significant.

Marylou62 · 17/01/2015 10:23

Damn....maybe, just maybe some one on MN is a Dr or a nurse who works in this field...I haven't had much luck healthwise recently and have been to Dr or A&E quite a lot...eye bleed being the latest...If someone says that if it IS a DVT the pain will NOT go away, then I will know its not a DVT...

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Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 10:25

Just go to the GP or A&E. You can't afford to mess around and take a risk, not all DVTs cause heat or swelling. It's a very simple blood test to check your likelihood of it being a DVT - get it done.

Marylou62 · 17/01/2015 10:27

Frogs Thanks...no to all the above questions apart from the smoking...I am on HRT though....my calf is very painful to prod but not swollen...I have been poorly with ?flu for ages so feel generally unwell..will get tape messure...thanks again

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Marylou62 · 17/01/2015 10:27

Frogs Thanks...no to all the above questions apart from the smoking...I am on HRT though....my calf is very painful to prod but not swollen...I have been poorly with ?flu for ages so feel generally unwell..will get tape messure...thanks again

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Marylou62 · 17/01/2015 10:30

Thanks thumb...I just feel...bloody hell not another problem...What I was hoping for was someone saying...'if the pain goes away it definitely isn't a DVT'...But I suppose a trip to Dr is due...it is getting worse..

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Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 10:50

HRT is, in this situation, as much of a risk factor as the OC pill. Has anyone in your family had DVTs?

3littlefrogs · 17/01/2015 11:57

I agree with thumbwitch about the HRT and family history.
But someone actually needs to look at it - we can tell you the most likely warning signs, but the internet isn't a good way to diagnose things.
If you have been immobile for a while that is another risk factor.

Musicaltheatremum · 17/01/2015 13:05

If you've been unwell and resting more and on HRT get it seen. I always err on the side of caution as they can present in different ways.

SilverDragonfly1 · 17/01/2015 13:27

I had DVT and didn't realise- thought I had strained my ankle somehow. The pain was very bad for a couple of days, then diminished... A few days later, I walked up the stairs, was gasping for breath for 10 minutes at the top and by the evening was in A&E with multiple blood clots in both lungs. The cramping feeling sounds very familiar and is what persisted after the initial pain has gone. So I'm not trying to scare you but yes, do get it looked at ASAP please! The only factor for me was being on the pill- no plane flights, not a smoker etc- and I was only 35.

SilverDragonfly1 · 17/01/2015 13:29

PS although my ankle was noticeably swollen (the clot had formed near the bottom of my calf), it wasn't red or hot. When I googled my symptoms, it came up very clearly as Achilles Tenenditis, which is why I didn't bother to go to the doctor and just popped some ibuprofen.

itsmeitscathy · 17/01/2015 15:04

Please call NHS24 for advice. It's probably not but it's not worth the risk!

Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 15:45

Silver - were then tested for thrombophilia? You should have been.

MyrnaLoy · 17/01/2015 16:00

Please go and get it checked - mine wasn't red, or swollen but it was a DVT. Please don't go by what an internet forum says.

Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 16:03

Hilarious. Practically everyone has said "go and get it checked" and then someone comes along and says "don't go by what an internet forum says". Maybe reading responses first might help.

Sixgeese · 17/01/2015 16:11

Get it checked, I have had two now, I was very overweight but no other risk factors that we knew of (turns out that I have Protein S Deficiency, which was picked up on the thrombophilia screen after the first DVT).

Slightly different symptoms each time, the second time I got it scanned before it started swelling as I remembered the feeling at the start.

I remember how scared I was about the first one, and didn't want to get it checked out and find out, but I was so glad I did, the injections and warfarin were all the treatment that I needed each time, and was back at work after a week.

I have had the symptoms a third time, but that time while I had a clot, it wasn't in the deep veins.

ItsAllKickingOffPru · 17/01/2015 16:12

Myrna's saying 'go and get it checked' too. Thumbwitch.

NotAllItsCrackedUpToBe · 17/01/2015 16:12

Pain with my dvt went away when I wasn't standing at first. My first symptoms were also cramps. Leg didn't swell or go red or have any outside sign of the clot, so much so that my GP said I'd torn my Achilles and to rest. 3 weeks later I had a huge pulmonary embolism so please do get it checked ASAP and ask for the test (think it's called d-dymer or similar?). Better safe than sorry.

Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 16:12

Yes I know, ItsAll - that wasn't the point.

Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 16:13

D-dimer test, yes.

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NotAllItsCrackedUpToBe · 17/01/2015 16:15

PS don't want to scare you but couldn't read this without saying please get it checked!
If they catch a dvt early I believe treatment can be quite simple.

ItsAllKickingOffPru · 17/01/2015 16:18

What was the point then, Thumbwitch?

Yes, OP should get it checked.

No, she shouldn't take notice of advice on an internet forum that might persuade her it's nothing.

No need to snark at Myrna afaics.

Thumbwitch · 17/01/2015 16:23

NO ONE tried to persuade her it was nothing, that was the point. Hence my comment about reading other responses.

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