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Doctor insights on: How Do I Know If I Have A Blood Clot In My Leg

Vein clots: Possible blood clots in your leg veins. Go to see a doctor. It may be serious. ...Read more

See your doctor: This is potentially serious; see your doctor. ...Read more

Ultrasound: If you are having pain or swelling in your leg, you should contact your primary physician to have an ultrasound, or duplex of the veins in your legs. If there is a dvt, it would then be treated with blood thinners. ...Read more

Not typically: If this is a "dvt" or deep venous thrombosis, management usually starts with blood thinning drugs. Surgery or catheter based therapies are usually reserved only for very rare severe cases. Arterial blood clots are less frequent. If this is an arterial blood clot (arterial thromboembolism), surgery may be warranted urgently to restore blood flow to the leg. ...Read more

Yes possible: Either you can have hypercoag unable status which means u form clots more than usual or in some patients with a condition called pfo/ patent foramen ovale where right and left heart chambers/ the atriums can connect directly and clots from leg can travel through veins from right to left side of heart and can cause a stroke in a condition called paradoxical embolism. ...Read more

See urologist ASAP: That is perplexing. The blood clots are treated with anti-coagulation, so there is an increased risk of bleeding. I am not a urologist, however, so I defer ot their expertise as to the source of the bleeding in the seminal tract. ...Read more

Need vascular eval.: Pain with walking is a classic symptom of a vascular problem called claudication. This symptom is typically brought on by walking and relieved by rest. It is usually due to a narrowing or blockage in a leg artery with the symptoms occurring below the level of the narrowing. There are certainly other things that can cause your problem. You should be evaluated by a vascular surgeon. ...Read more

See doctor: To be sure, you need an ultrasound of the leg which is non-invasive and fairly quick. Some of the signs of a clot are if it's warm, red, or swollen. ...Read more

Unlikely: At this age unlikely unless you have family history or some sort of clot forming disorder. You probably strained your leg muscles from walking. See your doctor to get checked. ...Read more

Probably not: Generally, clots occur because you have 1) a blood condition that promotes clotting or 2) you've been traveling or had a medical problem and were immobile for a long time. If your leg isn't swollen or red, it's probably not a clot. Leg pain can be due to many things. Clots don't make any noise. But if you're concerned see your doctor, who might order an ultrasound if indicated by your exam. ...Read more

Yes: Depending on your symptoms.

Go to your doctor: A blood clot to the lower extremities can increase your risk of embolization (a piece of the clot gets dislodged from the point of origin and travels to other part of the body). This could provoke a more worrisome situation in which a clot goes to the lungs; which at times could be fatal. If properly medicated the risk of embolization can be decreased with blood thinners. ...Read more

Need MD exam: Your MD can order tests to see if you have a blood clot in the leg, or otherwise find the source of your pain ...Read more

Blood thinners: If you have a large blood clot in your leg, you have an emergency that can kill you. The blood clot can break off and get stuck in your lungs. Call your doctor! He can test you for the clot and put you on blood thinners that will allow the clot to stabilize and dissolve. ...Read more

Venous ultrasound: DVT can easily be checked with ultrasound. ...Read more

Blood Clot Pain: Blood clots may be present without any signs. However patients usually seek a doctors opinion because one extremity, arm or leg, is more swollen than the other. Classic teaching is that you may have pain in your calf muscles or feel a cord-a solid ridge under the skin-that is a blood vessel filled with clot. Occasionally patients will feel short of breath or have a racing heart. ...Read more

Stocking: One of the risk factors for a DVT is stasis or pooling of the blood. Compression stockings reduce this and thus decrease tthe risk of dvt. ...Read more

Several reasons: Compression helps with the swelling of a clot, but also helps reduce the risk of valve damage and what we call post-thrombotic syndrome, which can cause long term swelling and skin problems. ...Read more

See a doctor: You need an exam and possible a duplex ultrasound to rule out clot. ...Read more

Yes: If you have a blood clot in the deep veins of the leg, they can break loose and travel up through the heart, and into the lungs where it can cause a pulmonary embolism. This is potentially life threatening, but the risk is markedly reduced by taking a blood thinner like coumadin (warfarin). ...Read more