Did anybody have thrombophlebitis (blood clot in the legs) before? Occasionally my veins in my legs would become inflammed, but Ibuprofen would help. Then about 3 weeks ago I couldn’t sleep anymore, the pain in the ankle region was too much. Two days later everything was fine. Then 10 days after that I woke up in the middle of the night and my left leg hurt from the knee down to the ankle. The greater saphenous vein was inflammed and kept me up for the rest of the night. Went to the ER in the morning and they confirmed with ultra sound that my greater saphenous vein was shut due to inflammation. They gave me syringes of Sandoparine, Hemeran Creme/gel, Ibuprofen, plus compressing pantyhose. It got better to the point that I could walk again around the house and to the grocerie store. But I noticed that the veins would become really hard. I had to go the the hospital for check-up and they also did blood tests. Didn’t get the resuts back yet. But this really sucks and I feel how the inflammation moves up my leg. Today I already feel it in the upper knee region.
Already have another appointment but wonder if anybody else suffered from throbophlebitis before? How long were you out, what was your treatment like?
I would keep a very close eye on this and get in for your appointment as soon as possible. I have a friend who developed a blood clot in her thigh after running a marathon and she ended up hospitalized for 5 days and then on the anti-clot drugs for a year. What was some minor leg pain quickly became very serious.
There was a good article on this sometime last year in Triathlete magazine.
Amen to that recommendation. A good friend of mine had similar problems. He could have died from one of those blood clots and spent several days in the hospital. He’s now on blood thinners. This is not something to take lightly.
Thanks for the responses. I’m not taking this easy. I’ve been in two hospitals and visited another doc. They do blood work right now and I got to go back on Tuesday. Right now it’s impossible for me to train, if I only go walk around too long downtown I can feel it the next day. I just want to know why this happens. I didn’t train lately due to this, had a light month before that and its getting worse. I feel the inflammation moving up my leg and it sucks. All I can do is take blood thinners, Ibuprofen, and some anti-inflammatory gel.
My wife has this condition now. Get it checked and monitor it. Do not risk the chance it could break loose and travel to your lung. My wife has a weekly blood check and is on warafin. She is going to be on warafin indefinately. When your doctor tells you it is ok to come off of the blood thinner, do not hesitate to get a second opinion and demand another Ultrasound. My wife’s was still in place after 5 months and her doctor wanted to take her off of the warafin without checking. Also, try to schedule an appointment with a hematologist for a specialists opinion. Good luck!
Cause is apparently high factor 8, largely irrelevant for the purpose of this post.
No clots in my legs, all in my lungs.
Clots in your lungs are dangerous but not as dangerous as ones that go to your brain.
I was on Heprin (I think???) for a month, taking 4 shots twice a day self administered.
I was then on Warfarin for close to 9 months. I was seriously ill by any measure I think.
I had daily blood clot tests for 6 months and then I went to every other day for the last three.
I have been off all drugs since Dec roughly.
I saw two hematologists / oncologists in the states and another once I returned to the UK.
Beyond knowing I have slightly high Factor VIII they can not identify a cause so I dont sit on my a$$ for prolonged periods of time, try to walk around as much as practically possible in all situations whether it is meetings at work where I am the goofy idiot that stands through them or whether when flying I get up every 20-30 minutes for 10 minutes.
I think this is something you simply need to keep an eye on.