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charlie horse or blood clot
A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ahmad M Hadied answered
48 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
It could be : Sometime this could happen because the recent blood clots, but if continue check it with your doctor to be sure it will come back again.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. George Valdez answered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Doubtful: Blood clot usually has one-sided swelling, and more of a throbbing pain, worse with compression, usually on back of calf. Shooting pain, charlie horse ... Read More
Dr. Edward Neilsen answered
18 years experience Family Medicine
Doubtful: Mirena (levonorgestrel) insertion really shouldn't cause anything like that. It is more likely that being in the lithotomy position (feet in stirrups ... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered
27 years experience Podiatry
It could or it : Could be a Charlie horse. Since one can kill you, I would advise having it checked out. Always better safe than sorry.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gregory Hines answered
23 years experience Family Medicine
Be seen: It certainly could be a clot. You need to be seen.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Goldman answered
54 years experience Rheumatology
She can be right: Calf pain can be a sign of a blood clot also called thrombophlebitis. Your pulses would be Ok with a blood clot. the calf location is suggesti ... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bahman Omrani answered
16 years experience Pain Management
Signs of DVT: Classic signs/symptoms of lower extremity blood clot (calf dvt) include swelling, pain, and discoloration in the involved extremity. Palpable cord, ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Luke Hermann answered
24 years experience Emergency Medicine
Depends: Blood clots can form in a number of different scenarios- when blood vessels break from direct trauma clotted blood is what you see as a.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Dibert answered
30 years experience Neurology
Blood clot removal: Blood clots in general are removed naturally from the body. The body has a system of clotting as well as a system to prevent too much clotting. Whenev ... Read More
A 65-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
48 years experience Pathology
Unclear question: How do you know that you have blood clots in the shoulders? Blood clots in shoulders is not a recognized medical entity. It may help if you describe t ... Read More
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