I am having pain/weakness in my right leg
from the calf to my inner thigh, and now
my right arm is hurting. I am an on again
off again smoker, age 40 on birth control;
however, I tend to start and stop my BCP
because I know I shouldn't be taknig it
while smoking. My periods have always
been normal until this last one which
started in the middle of my pill cycle,
lasted for 10 days, accompanied by the leg
pain, stomach pain, and now arm pain, all
on the right side. I took a pregnancy
test which was negative (I've had an
ectopic pregnancy before and wanted to
rule that out). I had an ultrasound, but
have not got the results yet, but I'm
expecting it to be normal...my bleeding
has basically subsided after the 10 to 11
days, but I continue to have weakness and
pain on the right side of my body. I have
a herpes sore that comes and goes on the
right leg and I took some Acyclovir, which
normally works quickly, but this time it
didn't do anything, which tells me that's
not what this is (i
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General Q and A Answer A3122 Posted: 08-08-07 07:51am
A Herpes zoster is a painful lesion
because the virus affects both skin and
peripheral sensitive nerves.
It seems that the irregular vaginal
bleeding you are experiencing is not a
period but spotting. In cases of ectopic
pregnancy vaginal bleeding is functional
and due to pregnancy abortion. In cases of
ectopic pregnancies, the pregnancy test
could be negative HCG may be low, so a
blood-based pregnancy test is recommended
rather than a urine-based test. An
ultrasound scan can help to clear up the
causes for this situation. You can consult
your gynecologist about this. (NOTE:
Ectopic pregnancy can’t cause pain in
the leg and arm).
Finally, you might consider stopping
smoking instead of stopping taking birth
control pills. It would be better for
your health. For support, you might be
interested in our Stop Smoking Forum here
on EHEALTH.
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