Help guys.
I have a pain in my left calf, a tightness/niggling pain.
Im very worried its a dvt. No swelling, redness or heat that I can see. I'm on the contraceptive pill so I know tat increases my chances.
Should i take a trip to a&e?
Help guys.
I have a pain in my left calf, a tightness/niggling pain.
Im very worried its a dvt. No swelling, redness or heat that I can see. I'm on the contraceptive pill so I know tat increases my chances.
Should i take a trip to a&e?
"Oh dreadful is the check -intense the agony -
When the ear begins to hear, and the eye begins to see;
When the pulse begins to throb - the brain to think again. The soul to feel the flesh, and the flesh to feel the chain."
- Emily Brontë
"No matter how irrational I may sound, it's real to me"
I am not a doctor but I don't think you need to go to A&E for slight calf pain. I get it a lot, sometimes I sleep funny, or I pull something without realising when I walk.
If the pain gets worse by all means call the out of hours doctor or NHS direct, but I wouldnt be rushing to A&E
I hope you feel better soon.
Get a hot water bottle on it
Don't think it warrants A&E though
Nicola
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Hi there,
You posted about something similar in December - is this the same and did it go away on its own?
Pip x
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Well despite posting that last night, I still have the worry today. Its a prickly, sharp feeling in the leg which seems to be worse at times than others. I have been able to walk on it today so it isn't that bad but I keep wondering if I do have a dvt & then of course I think it will travel to my lung & kill me.
Apparentley once its there, doctors cant do anything about it.
Should I go to a&e tonight? I'm scared...I have no redness or swelling as yet but I do have a strange twitching sensation in the leg, like restless leg syndrome I suppose, but i dont suffer from that.
I know not everyone experiences the classic symptoms. I am on birth control as mentioned earlier but I don't smoke & I'm not really over weight - maybe slightly but nothing drastic.
"Oh dreadful is the check -intense the agony -
When the ear begins to hear, and the eye begins to see;
When the pulse begins to throb - the brain to think again. The soul to feel the flesh, and the flesh to feel the chain."
- Emily Brontë
"No matter how irrational I may sound, it's real to me"
No you don't need to go to A&E.
If you are worried call the out of hours doc and let them see you but it doesn't sound like a DVT to me
Nicola
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"Oh dreadful is the check -intense the agony -
When the ear begins to hear, and the eye begins to see;
When the pulse begins to throb - the brain to think again. The soul to feel the flesh, and the flesh to feel the chain."
- Emily Brontë
"No matter how irrational I may sound, it's real to me"
Call your Doctor's surgery and there will be answer machine message with details
Failing that go to a walk-in-clinic
Nicola
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If you have had it since December then it won't be a DVT as something would have happened by now. Please be reassured by that
Nicola
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Don't worry.......please
I always get leg calf pain....like I've been in high heels the night before,,,,I really wouldn't worry...you prob slept in a strange position...I wouldn't say to visit A&E for it....you'll end up sitting there for hours and hours for nothing .....
Xxx
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