to think DP should see the doc urgently!

[Equallength]

One leg has been swollen for a while. It comes and goes and a few years ago he had cellulitis in the same leg. He’s scratched it today in the garden and it’s bleeding a bit but more worryingly is leaking fluid! I know there’s an association with congestive heart failure, which has worried me a bit as he has a low heart rate to begin with.

Hes 54 and otherwise fit bit recently gets a bit out of breath. WWYD?

I've had two occasions where I've answered questions which related to what was normal for me, not realising that they were in fact not at all normal and I've had another occasion where I'd been 3 days in hospital prior to them deciding on surgery and assumed that the history I had given to the 3 (THREE) doctors I had spoken to prior to the surgeon would have been sufficient and that he would have read the notes, so skipped out the apparently extremely important fact that I had had a pulmonary embolism in the past. I got told off no end when the surgeon did say sort of as a by the by, 'never had a DVT or anything like that?' and I said oh yes. He nearly hit the roof! I almost regretted telling him. I felt like a naughty child. I think I may have cried.

I think there be a symptom that I call 'too many questions!' lol where patients are exhausted having answered the tedious 111 box-ticking, followed by a nurse from 111, followed by a doctor from 111 and then you have another doctor at A&E and if you're privileged (like moi), you get passed from A&E doctor, to the medical team, to the surgical team, to the gynae team and then back to the surgical team, all of whom ask the same questions. I assumed (incorrectly) that each new doctor would have read the history taken by the previous doctors (though when you see their scrawled notes, I can see why that that might be a useless exercise 😉).

So is using 'gotten.'

Gotten is the original Old English. It is the correct word and used in all English-speaking schools.

'I'd of' is not ye olde english though.

Very few posters on here claiming to be medical professionals or ‘DWP decision makers’ (etc) are anything of the sort.

Please be wary.

No, ‘gotten’ is correct in US English. It has fallen out of use in British English.

It is most definitely not taught as correct grammar in English schools.

Ah yes the grammar police are out in force. I’m an expert in medicine not grammar. I didn’t study 5 years to be called a liar because of my incorrect use of the English language on mumsnet. I have my registration for being a qualified pharmacist so I won’t be too offended and will laugh. I will put it down to you being bored on a Sunday.

Masters

@Equallength sorry didn’t get back to you last night. I wouldn’t have said this was something he’d get any help with in A&E. If you have Bupa or other insurance, the best thing is for your dp to see his GP and get a private referral to a vascular specialist who deals with CVI, in the meantime search for one in your area who accepts your insurance.

A private GP won’t do anything more than that for you, a specialist is needed here, so if you can I would see your own GP - this is a non acute but reasonably serious issue that could deteriorate further (venous ulcers) he needs to take steps to investigate the cause of the issue and control it from there.

Hope you manage to be seen quickly, it’s pretty diabolical on the NHS, so if you can I’d definitely use his insurance.

You're coming across like a huge arsehole on this thread and I can't see any justification for it

Oh but you're not? Did you just call me a huge arsehole?

Is it hot to touch? Looks like cellulitis in the photo. Mark with a pen to see if it travels but likely needs some flucloxacillin. Ring 111

OP please keep an eye on the fluid retention especially if he gets it in his stomach area as it can be related to heart problems and be serious when around his organs. Hope he gets it sorted.

It's not any form of English!

It use to be considered bad form to derail threads…

OP, to add to your list of potential diagnoses, there are cases of primary lymphedema (no other underlying medical conditions causing it). My 10yo son had one leg swell up to knee level over a week and was eventually diagnosed with lymphedema praecox (and now after reading up, am wondering if that's correct as it's thought to be hereditary and there's nothing like it on either side of the family). MRI showed normal structure. We thought it might have been triggered by a bug bite a week or so earlier. So far, 15 years on, still one leg bigger than the other, no medical issues. He sleeps with it elevated to promote drainage.

Any lymphedema can make you prone to cellulitis & weeping from wounds.

Hope you get some answers soon. 💐

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So many people with so much sage advice and so little actual medical experience/ knowledge. It’s the dunning - Kruger effect.
I m not blaming you for for going to A& E by the way Op - I can completely understand why you were concerned.
But it’s impossible from those photos to know exactly what’s going on. It doesn’t look like an acute problem to me . But I wouldn’t post an opinion based on such limited information. I would want to see the patient .
yes doctors get it wrong. But so do posters on mumsnet who sometimes post absolute rubbish on threads like these .

Cancel the cheque?!