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Should we call a doctor or can it wait?
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My father is a bowel cancer patient diagnosed with a clot in his lung. He has been injecting himself in the stomach with blood thinner for a week and today his leg has swollen and is itching. I have said he sho...
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Which compression class is best for me? I wear Medi DuoMed stockings. How much pressure at the ankle is best?
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I had DVT-PE 2 years back, a clot in the full leg that is now dissolved. But I'm on lifetime therapy of acitrom. Lupus anticoagulant present. Please suggest which pressure value stockings are best for me. I wea...
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I suffered a DVT 2 weeks ago. My knee is still so swollen that I can't walk without crutches. How can both problems be treated simultaneously?
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I am injecting myself 12/12 hours with blood thinners. My vascular surgeon said I have to walk unaided but my knee is still so swollen, I can neither straighten nor bend my knee. Also I can't support my own wei...
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Chances of reocurrence of DVT or PE?
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I’m 23. I just had my first child with a 28 hour delivery, tear in vaginal wall, and loss of quite a bit of blood. 3 days later I had a dizzy spell and got diagnosed with a PE. 1 in each lung. Very small 20% ...
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I have had sharp stabbing pain near a varicose vein. My fear is it might become a blood clot. What should I do?
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How would I know if I should see a doctor?
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A friend has a blood clot in a vein in her leg. Can it be stripped?
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My compression stockings are giving me significant heat rash at work but I need to wear them as I am on my feet all day.
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Between 2011-2013 while I was 23-25 I was diagnosed with 3 DVTs at different times. After the third I was prescribed xeralto for life and told to wear compression socks. After 4 years without an issue I took a ...
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I’m traveling in a van for 7 hours. I have chronic DVT. Should I remove my compression stockings for travel, or wear them?
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I sometimes lay down in midday to elevate my legs for a break. Should I remove stockings while elevating my legs?
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Do I possibly have DVT?
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About once every 3-4 months (since Jan, 2017) I've had something happen to my body that I've never had happen or even hear of until recently. After work one day I began to feel short winded (sort of like not ge...
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I had a venous duplex to rule out DVT for calf pain a few months ago and it's still bothering me. Could the test have missed the clot?
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I still have pain on right calf with intermittent tingling in the right foot. I'm a 32 year old female, nonsmoker, not on birth control. Would a d dimer test be high if a clot was present?
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Is it safe to fly with a partially dissolved ovarian blood clot?
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I had surgery bowel resection surgery in May. The post-surgery CT found an ovarian blood clot. I was given Xarelto for 3 months. Vaginal bleeding began, and then stopped. The blood clot is dissolved somewhat, b...
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I had a pulmonary embolism and they did an ultrasound of my legs and said there was no sign of DVT and PTT test was 225. Can I wear compression socks?
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Could it be possible that the clot did come from the legs and wearing compression socks could be harmful? The clot was small and I was sent home the next day on blood thinners and Corlanor.
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I had veins removed now I have a clot in my thigh and my leg stays swollen. It leaks and is very sore. What should I do?
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Is it safe to use varicofix gel if the patient has DVT, as it has heparin? do you think it will dissolve the clot and make it movable?
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I have a blood clot after a hip replacement surgery. How long should I wear compression stockings?
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Was diagnosed with DVT May 8 and was given Xarelto and Percocet. My leg still swells and hurts when I walk. Should I be walking on it?
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I have reached out to my provider. They said 4 to 6 weeks before it returns to normal. Color is still off especially when I am on it. I have no idea how to care for my leg. Just had hysterectomy April 13 which ...
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I recently was discharged after a week in the hospital with a severe GI bleed. The area was the colon but an exact point of origin was not determined.
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The bleeding stopped on its own. I have since developed a DVT in my calf muscle. I have been on Xarelto for 24 hours. Because of a blood thinner concern which might start the GI bleed again, the new suggestion ...
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Should you wear compression socks if you already had DVT and are on blood thinners?
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Should compression stockings be used when running?
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I had contradictory advice from different vascular surgeons. One stated that the blood when running goes up really fast in the veins and that wearing stockings could create skin problems.
I have femoropoplit...
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Should I wear compression stockings when I sleep after varicose vein surgery?
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