“What are the symptoms of a blood clot?”
The other day I woke up to a shooting pain in my knee along with a tingling sensation in the nerves. The next day however the pain subsided on its own. When I looked up the internet, I found out that I may have had a blood clot. What are the usual symptoms of a blood clot?
10 Answers
Dr. Rajesh Malik
Vascular Surgeon
Usual symptoms are leg swelling and pain. The leg could also feel tight, heavy, and look reddish in color. The discomfort would unlikely resolve in a day.
The best way to exclude the diagnosis of a leg clot go for a duplex venous test
And your body there are two different types of blood vessels. The arteries move the blood from your heart down at your feet. The Vane’s return the blood from your feedback up toward your heart. Symptoms of a blood clot are different depending on whether it occurs in an artery or vein. The more common location for a blood clot is in your veins. This is what we typically called deep venous thrombosis. The symptoms are typically pain, swelling and discomfort sometimes redness. It would not start in your knee and shoot down your leg although anything is possible. It would not subside on its own without treatment. If you have any doubts you can you to go to your primaryCare doctor or a visit in urgent care to get an ultrasound of your leg.
There are many different reasons why people develop leg pain. Trauma, immobility, injury during exercise to name a few. Likewise, there are factors that can put a patient st risk for a blood clot. These risk factors include: trauma, immobility, a boood disorder or a pathology such as cancer. Clots in the deep system of veins need to be treated right away. These clots are life threatening. A diagnosis is made by a simple ultrasound.
A blood clot in an artery produce a blockage and distal ischemic symptoms it usually doesn’t go away on its one
A clot in the vein usually produce edema and pain on the leg or MSU be asymptomatic
A clot in the vein usually produce edema and pain on the leg or MSU be asymptomatic
Although one cannot tell based on your information, the chances of you having a deep vein thrombosis from the symptoms she describes are pretty low. The most common symptom of a deep vein thrombosis is swelling in just one leg.
Pain in the extremity and swelling are the usual symptoms, but what you described is not consistent with a blood clot. If you are concerned please see your doctor
Common signs and symptoms of blood clots include calf pain, swelling, redness or inflammation, tender varicose veins, low grade fever, and shortness of breath. If you think you may have a blood clot, it is best to be ruled out by an ultrasound exam of your legs by a Registered Vascular Technologist.
Blood clots can be in the arteries or veins, and the etiology, symptoms, and treatment of each are very different. Risk factors vary for differing patients. If you are worried about having a blood clot, you should get it checked out for sure.
Typically, the symptoms of an acute vein thrombosis is significant pain. Behind the knee, in the calf, or in any affected area.
