DVT and PE

Now that MP has broken the news, I'm going to re-post a link to Velogirl's article. Good info for all of us.
http://www.velogirls.com/resources/publications/dvt.pdf

After last night's reading I explored the link in the resources section at the end. The info in there is invaluable as it also goes on to describe how you may not notice leg pain.
http://www.airhealth.org/

Thanks, Lorri (velogirl), for sharing your experience.

Wow, that must have been a little unsettling for Lorrie :(

Thank you SK for posting this as a reminder to us all. Its never occurred to me that I might be at risk since I have always associated this w/someone who is bedridden or immobile. Now I know what signs to look for.

Thanks again,

Tracy

Also occurs after long plane rides too!

Thanks SK for posting this. I think that there is a tendency for athletes to feel less vulnerable to problems such as this, when in fact we're more vulnerable than the average person.

Very useful info and much appreciated!

Okay, this might be quite timely for me. I have been experiencing a bit of pain behind my knee on my left leg, and I just thought it was a cramp. However, since I was a med transcriptionist for a while, it occurred to me it could be DVT. I dismissed the thought, but now that I've read the article, I think I need more information.

I'm a college student, doing it all online, and sometimes the only quiet place I have in the house is in my bedroom, and the only place to sit is the bed. It seems like I get this pain only when I've been in bed studying a lot. (I already know this leads to low back pain, no matter how I arrange the pillows, so I take steps to limit bed-sitting.)

Could someone point me to or describe a more accurate description of where the pain might be felt?

I feel it in the top of my left calf--if I stick my thumb in the crook of my knee and wrap my fingers around towards the front of my leg, the pain is in the pinch space, but closer to the thumb, and it feels deep, not on the surface.

Thanks,
Karen

Did you read the airhealth.org article? It had a lot of detail.

>>Did you read the airhealth.org article? It had a lot of detail.<<

Yeah, I did, but "behind the knee" is kind of vague, I think.

Thanks,
Karen

I've emailed a couple of RN friends who work in patient education asking them for more info. I was under the impression that everyone's veins travel slightly different routes so you may not getting any more specific description than "behind the knee."

I know we have some medical pros on this forum. Maybe someone has info from a credible source they can link to. Must be very careful about the source of medical info on the internet.

RE: "behind the knee pain"

Several years ago I awoke to a very swollen left calf, painful. My foot was swollen as well.
I went to the ER and seeing that it was a weekend, they didn't have an ultrasonographer in house, but they called someone in to do an U/S.
What was first thought to be DVT (Thank you God it wasn't), turned out to be a "Baker's cyst" in the back of my left knee.

I was lucky -- it wasn't DVT.

I "googled" Baker's Cyst, but as SadieKate stated, I don't want to add a link because I'm not sure that the articles are medically credible.

Denise

If there's any question as to it being DVT, shouldn't you think about going to the doctor rather than relying on the Internet for a diagnosis? Sorry, but knowing how serious DVT could be, you might want to hurry yourself offline and over to the doc!

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Originally Posted by Tuckervill

Okay, this might be quite timely for me. I have been experiencing a bit of pain behind my knee on my left leg, and I just thought it was a cramp. However, since I was a med transcriptionist for a while, it occurred to me it could be DVT. I dismissed the thought, but now that I've read the article, I think I need more information.

I'm a college student, doing it all online, and sometimes the only quiet place I have in the house is in my bedroom, and the only place to sit is the bed. It seems like I get this pain only when I've been in bed studying a lot. (I already know this leads to low back pain, no matter how I arrange the pillows, so I take steps to limit bed-sitting.)

Could someone point me to or describe a more accurate description of where the pain might be felt?

I feel it in the top of my left calf--if I stick my thumb in the crook of my knee and wrap my fingers around towards the front of my leg, the pain is in the pinch space, but closer to the thumb, and it feels deep, not on the surface.

Thanks,
Karen

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Excellent point, PW.

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Originally Posted by Tuckervill

Okay, this might be quite timely for me. I have been experiencing a bit of pain behind my knee on my left leg, and I just thought it was a cramp. However, since I was a med transcriptionist for a while, it occurred to me it could be DVT. I dismissed the thought, but now that I've read the article, I think I need more information.

I'm a college student, doing it all online, and sometimes the only quiet place I have in the house is in my bedroom, and the only place to sit is the bed. It seems like I get this pain only when I've been in bed studying a lot. (I already know this leads to low back pain, no matter how I arrange the pillows, so I take steps to limit bed-sitting.)

Could someone point me to or describe a more accurate description of where the pain might be felt?

I feel it in the top of my left calf--if I stick my thumb in the crook of my knee and wrap my fingers around towards the front of my leg, the pain is in the pinch space, but closer to the thumb, and it feels deep, not on the surface.

Thanks,
Karen

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Go to the doctor. Period.