Did you read the airhealth.org article? It had a lot of detail.
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06-28-2006, 09:24 AM #1
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06-28-2006, 09:30 AM #2
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>>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
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06-28-2006, 09:53 AM #3
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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.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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06-28-2006, 10:01 AM #4
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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
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