Have any of you become absolutely paranoid
that you have a blood clot?
I've been getting pain in my left leg
sometimes, which has caused me to become
so anxious that i'm panicky just laying
down... Leading to lack of sleep.
Recently i've been trying to walk around
outside more to get some exercise, but
before this I went through a period where
I didn't exercise much & sat down a
lot.
I'm not overweight, and I had an ekg a
couple weeks ago and it turned out fine.
I'm 21 years old, and female. I don't
have high blood pressure.
But I just can't stop worrying. Has
anyone else gone through this... And
does anyone have any information on blood
clots to help me to stop worrying?
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Zabrina
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 67
Posted: 07-23-05 20:26pm
Blood clots is my worst fear. I had a
blood clot and it traveled to my lung.It's
rare in young people.Mine was caused by
birth control. It can also come from
being bedridden like after surgey.
Sometimes there are symptoms but I didn't
have any until after it traveled to my
lung.
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Fuddy_Meers
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 57 Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Posted: 07-23-05 21:50pm
I went for a couple months thinking I had
a clot after seeing some news magazine
reporting on deep vein thrombosis. I
could have sworn I had one, too, what with
some leg pain i'd been having. But after
a couple months and I hadn't had a
pulmonary embolism, I figured it was
nothing.
Man-o-man, I am a nut . . .
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Nikia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Wisconsin
After My Dad Had One Posted: 07-23-05 21:56pm
For several months, I got nervous anytime
my leg hurt. He said that his hurt worse
than any previous leg pain and that it
swelled up a lot. When I expressed my
concern about getting clots to to my
doctor, she said that they are evident by
a lot of swelling.
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Zabrina
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 67
Posted: 07-23-05 22:54pm
It all depends on where it forms.
When a clot forms, it can either partially
or totally block the blood flow in that
vein. Symptoms of a dvt can include:
swelling of the leg
warmth and redness of the leg
pain that is noticeable, or worse when
standing or walking
these are not always a sign of a dvt, but
anyone who experiences them should contact
a doctor immediately.
Symptoms of pulmonary embolism
these include shortness of breath; chest
pain which may be worsened by deep
breaths; and coughing up phlegm, possibly
messed with blood.
Anyone with these symptoms should seek
emergency medical treatment.
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Drizzled
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 17
Posted: 07-23-05 23:46pm
A couple months ago I coughed up phlegm
speckled with blood ... I don't think I
remember ever getting it checked out, and
it hasn't happened since... Should I be
worried?
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Hypochondriac1028
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313 Location: Ohio
Posted: 07-24-05 08:16am
Thats happend to me before. Probably from
the weather or a small nose bleed
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Drizzled
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 17
Posted: 07-24-05 13:22pm
Maybe it was a small nose bleed. I'm
hoping that if it was a real problem, it
would continue happening and not just
happen once...
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delancey
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 181 Location: UK
Posted: 07-24-05 14:25pm
Is it possible to cough up blood one whole
day after a nosebleed?
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Hypochondriac1028
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313 Location: Ohio
Posted: 07-24-05 16:16pm
Do u smoke? If so some ciggarettes like
newports have fiberglass in them and cause
cause your lungs to bleed. Its not as bad
as it sounds, it happens to alot of people
who smoke cigs with fiberglass in them
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