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What Does Blood Clot In The Legs Feel Like?

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    Sadly, I know all too well. I've had 2 now. With the first one, my leg swelled up, at first it felt like there was a "fluttering" in the vein for lack of a better word. Then the pain came along. I was in pain, it hurt to get up and walk, I couldn't walk without help.
    I went to the emergency room and they couldn't figure out what it was, because I was not in the age bracket normal for clots, I was a lot younger. Then my husband mentioned clot, and they take an ultrasound of the veins in question.
    I then had to stay in the hospital for a couple days. It ended up getting infected, and I had to go back into the hospital. When it gets infected they call that sceptic.
    This was one of the worst things that I had ever been through, and I still deal with it every day. There is scar tissue that causes phlebitis, so in my case, I deal with that every day.
    Since I had the second clot, I have to take the medicine coumadin every day for the rest of my life.
    I don't ever want another one, because in order to get to come home, I had to learn to give myself a shot in the loose skin of the stomach 2 times a day. (for about a month or so)
    I hate to think about the fact that I've had to go through this, and I hate what it did with the family, they had to watch me suffer, and make sure that I never ended up with a bleed which comes from the blood becoming too thin from the medicine. So you have to be monitored for the INR and PT levels in your body, as a result from the medicine.
    You have to watch how much vitamin K you take in, because that then can cause your blood to become too thick, and can in effect cause you to have a second or even 3rd clot.
    I hope this helped you to understand a little more about what it is. If you think that you might have something like this going on, see if it's hot where the pain is, and also see if the foot is cold, as the blood might not be getting to the foot. If you aren't sure, then I would go to the doctor, and use very little pressure on the leg, because it's not good if a piece of the clot breaks loose, it may become life threatening. Good luck.
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    Tiggersmom 

    answered 3 years ago

    My new husband had back surgery April 29, 2009, all went well he came home 5/4/2009 and he was moving around and doing normal activities immediately, no lifting or bending, 7/3/07 went to a party at a relatives about and hour and half away from home, we came home the next morning and he has been inthe bedridden, we went back to the surgeon and he put my hubby on a steroid, no one has checked for blood clot, the pain is so severe in his leg and hip area he can't sit or stand more that 3 minutes
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    July32009

    commented 5 months ago

    You need to get him to the hospital and tell them that you want an ultrasound on the leg for a possible clot!!! I was all too young for one, but, there it was. Anything can happen. Best of luck to you.
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    Tiggersmom

    Tiggersmom

    commented 5 months ago

      A good indication would be pain, swelling and the foot on the affected leg will feel colder to touch than the unaffected leg.
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      Padraig 

      answered 3 years ago

        I have serious pain and dark blood vessels in my left food and can hardly walk
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        Guest

        Guest 

        answered 5 months ago

        Truth is your never in an age gap as babys as well as the elderly can suffer I'm 30 and have Safford 4 clots in the leg plus a massive stroke caused by a clot on 1 side of my brain and a bleed on the other even though clots aren't hereditary there is 2 families in sheffield uk were they are ours and another out of 5 members of my family there's only my dad who doesn't suffer but the rest of us always compare it to permanent cramp infact I think I might go to a&e today as believe I have another
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        Thefletch 

        answered 3 months ago

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