WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 1999: Re: leg pain, abnormal bleeding

Re: leg pain, abnormal bleeding

From: Harvey Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:05:03 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Christen wrote: >
>This is probably going to be long winded, please bear with me. I gave
>birth 19 months ago and have been having problems ever since. Shortley
>after I had my daughter I began having leg pains in right calf. I
>reported this to my doctor and had a leg ultrasound to rule out
>thrombosis. After I stopped breast feeding I had a two normal periods,
>then I started bleeding three weeks out of the month and having severe
>back pains that went all the way down my right leg. I was put on the
>birth control pill for the bleeding, which helped the bleeding, but the
>pain became unbearable. I have had a lumbar MRI that found nothing and
>an ultrasound that was also normal. I quit taking the BCP two months
>ago and have been bleeding off and on since. I started bleeding again
>today, but last week I was so dizzy and out of breath that after going
>up the stairs I saw black and almost fell down. My doctor said I had an
>electrolyte problem and told me to drink Gatorade. I also run fever
>constantly and am always tired. I have had two normal pregnancie priror
>to this. The blood work I have had done is normal other the a high
>rheumatiod factor and a sometimes positive ANA.
>
>--
>THank You for any information, Christen
>

"When you hear hoofbeats in the park, do you think of horses or zebras?" In medical school, this was a common comment. It means "do you think of common diagnoses (horses) or rare diagnoses (zebras)." This is sounding like a "zebra" and much too complex for the internet. It seems reasonable to evaluate the RF and ANA with a rheumatologist and have the rheumatologist and a gynecologic endocrinologist communicate to find the answer to this "zebra" of a problem.

-- Harvey Marchbein, M.D.

This is not to be construed as a patient-physician raltionship which should be a face-to-face consultation.

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