I have a doc apt. this afternoon, but I am just really curious now. I have had a red spot on my shin for a little over a week. It feels like a bad bruise, but it has never changed colors(its red). My leg around it is a little swollen and the skin is warm to touch. I am paranoid that it is a blood clot. Do blood clots feel like bruises?
2007-02-15 03:26:35 · 2 answers · asked by missjuly15 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
no they are nothing like that,blood clots form in the calves not the shins and depending on whether they are in a vein or artery the pain in hot throbing severe pain,maybe yours is a bite that is infected
2007-02-15 03:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I had a friend that had blood clots in her legs that moved up the vain into her lungs. She was hospitalized for 2 1/2 weeks and almost died. If you had a blood clot it would be in the vain. Sounds like you have muscle damage like a bruise or something but I doubt it a blood clot. You'd be seriously ill and in the hospital if it was.
2007-02-15 04:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by Angelica 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are knots that hurt it is good that you have a doctors appt. that is the best way to find out for sure that it is or isn't a blood clot
2007-02-15 04:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by heather b 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋