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Re: 1st Post Got Messed Up - Doctors Please Help URGENT

From: Hannah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:45:20 -0500 (CDT)

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In my opinion as a lowly medical student, you're right to be concerned. Asymmetrical swelling in a calf in a pregnant woman -- pregnancy is a well-known "hypercoagulable state" -- calls for a more thorough investigation. I've seen DVTs without redness or palpable knots. Of course, your sister's calf swelling may well be nothing, but it's better to err on the side of caution -- DVTs are nothing to mess around with, as you know. Suggest you have your sister pester her OB, or else find a doctor (quickly) who is willing to run an ultrasound.

At Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Krista wrote: >
>My sister is 26 weeks pregnant and has been having pain in her calf for
>a couple of days. We have a history of clotting issues in my family -
>mostly from me. I had a DVT in my right calf about 2 years ago and then
>lost my full term daughter last year due to clots in the placenta.
>
>My sister went to her OB today and they sent her home because the OB
>could not feel a knot in my sister's left calf (the one bothering her)
>and there was not red spot on the skin. My DVT had neither of these
>symptoms and it was there!!! They also measured her calfs and her left
>one is 2" bigger in diameter! Isn't this cause for concern?
>
>Isn't it pretty careless that her OB is not doing a vascular u/s?
>
>Please advise.... thanks!!!!!!
>
>~Krista
>nervous sister

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