What are some signs of a blood clot? Yesterday, I was sitting at my desk and this one area on my thigh just started feeling like someone was shining a hot light on it or something... felt really warm to the touch... it went away after about two minutes but... could that be a sign or am I just paranoid now? (I started taking birth control and I guess that's why I'm worried about it.)
2006-08-01 02:59:00 · 5 answers · asked by whateva 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
The feeling you are describing is just a symptom of compression on the nerve that supplies feeling to the front of your thigh. A blood clot in the leg will cause swelling in the leg that does not go away when you elevate the leg. If you don't smoke cigarettes, your chances of getting a blood clot in the leg while taking oral contraceptives are pretty slim.
2006-08-01 03:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by drwag1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are worried about developing a blood clot in the deep veins of your leg (deep venous thrombosis or DVT), you should essentially see a doctor about it. Doctors have done studies that show even experienced doctors cannot tell a leg with a DVT from a leg without a DVT when you ask them to just examine clinically. They need to use an ultrasound (or a d-dimer blood test).
Some clots occur in the veins close to the surface of the skin - this is called superficial thrombophlebitis. Usually this goes away with some simple medications - ibuprofen is good. You can usually see these as the skin becomes red and inflamed in the area, and they hurt a little.
Getting back to the (more important) DVT's ... you will be more prone to DVT if:
- you have an active cancer
- you have had a DVT or a PE (pulmonary embolus - clot in the lung) before
- you have kept your legs very still for a very long time... eg on a LONG plane flight or bus trip, or surgery where the legs lie very still... or are immobile and bed ridden
- smoking, pregnancy and birth control medications are thought to contribute (but are not as important)
A leg with a DVT may well be
- swollen
- red (brawny colour)
- tense
- painful
and usually looks quite different to the other leg, but it also may be
- normal in appearance!
What you describe doesn't sound very worrying to me. Go see your GP if you are REALLY worried.
If you have shortness of breath or sharp pains in your chest, you should call and ambulance and go to hospital.
2006-08-01 03:10:20 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to the doctor. Don't smoke and I hope you're not over 30. I was having incredible throbbing sharp pains on the side of my head and was afraid it was a clot. The doctor said it was just stress....but your head is different than your leg. Just go to the doctor. Better safe than sorry!
2006-08-01 03:07:44 · answer #3 · answered by mktobyjo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u get blood clot in your let u wont be able to walk on on it is soo painfull . also it will be hot or very warm, swollen
2006-08-01 03:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by Eva Daniel Rn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink alot of water you should be fine but do go to a doctor just to be on a safe side,
2006-08-01 03:03:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋