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Good evening. i had a pain in one leg about a week ago and 3 days later i experieced dizziness and chest pain and shortness of breath. what can be the cause?

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Dr. Philip Miller answered

ER NOW: You have have a pulmonsry embolus from a dvt in your leg. You need doppler studues of both legs and a Vq scan of your lungs with d-dier and cadiac blood testing, EKG and echocardiogram.

Answered 7/31/2018

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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Leg pain: Tops on the list would be a blood clot. You should probably be seen.

Answered 1/5/2019

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A member asked:

Good evening. i had a pain in one leg about a week ago and 3 days later i experieced dizziness and chest pain and shortness of breath. what can be the cause?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Philip Miller answered

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