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Worried about possible DVT

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regina66524
regina66524

Hi everyone,

I am 22 years old. No history of blood clots in family or in myself. About a week ago my right leg started feeling strange. It felt kind of like a shooting nerve kind of feeling down my leg. That isn’t abnormal for me because I have health anxiety and sometimes I just get these weird feelings. About 3 or 4 days ago I had a 15 hour drive to Florida, but I definitely got out every 2 or 3 hours and walked around for a bit. A day or two before my drive it developed into a slight crampy feeling that would come on randomly and only last for a few seconds. The slight cramping and aching is still going on. Sometimes I’ll get a sharp pinlike pain behind my knee or the strange feeling in my leg. Today I had another 3 hour drive and on the drive my entire right thigh felt like it cramped up really badly. When I got out, it dissipated. I guess my question is, what were everyone’s symptoms with a DVT? I know I am probably overreacting, but since this is such a potentially dangerous problem that may not even have any symptoms, I’m worried! 

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  • regina66524
    regina66524

    Posted

    I want to add I do not notice any swelling or redness or heat. I have none of those types of symptoms.
    • christina69014
      christina69014 regina66524

      Posted

      I too have the same problem... All pain but nothing else. Ive had 2 d dimer tests and 2 ultrasounds but nothing turned up. Did you get tested yet?
    • ann55375
      ann55375 christina69014

      Posted

      I also have the crampy pain in calf, had it six months ago. D dimer negative. Crampy pain back but no other symptoms.  I have health anxiety as i had a dvt 15 years ago but the pain was much worse.  I am on warfarin and clinic said other day it was stable and probably a sprain.   Dont want to bother hospital for another negative d dimer so am just hoping it will in time go away.
    • christina69014
      christina69014 ann55375

      Posted

      Ann... Because of you having a dvt in the past... Did they do an ultrasound or just a d dimer?? I've heard docs call it a unreliable test... But aren't they all sometimes?? And why do tgey run it if it is?? The pain has now moved to my lungs... Which now my health anxiety has moved onto PE... But the er doc WON'T give me a ct scan cuz of the normal d dimer.... Am I thinking too much and worrying over nothing??

    • ann55375
      ann55375 christina69014

      Posted

      E.r. Told me d dimer was reliable and pain did dissipate but that was six months ago. Small a che still there but gp thinks it will just go.  And if im at 2.9 inr they said dont worry. Pain on breathing is different and needs to be checked
  • MeerB
    MeerB regina66524

    Posted

    This doesn’t sound at all like a dvt, to me. 

    Ask your doc to do a simple d dimer blood test. 

    Pete

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