
Suggest Treatment For Severe Swelling In Leg

Doctors have no idea. I have had EKG, ultrasound of heart, ultrasound of legs, various labs, compression stocking custom tailored to me were unsuccessful, medication has been unsuccessful, MRI of pelvis and abdomen apparently showed nothing. I am at my wit's end. I have never had this problem before. I have now gained a considerable amount of weight because I cannot exercise everything I do produces swelling. BTW there is virtually no pain through this. When I am driving my calf muscles feel tight and swollen. I could sit down for five minutes and get up and feel swollen. I can be sitting down and feel my thighs are swollen. Day or night no matter...does not get any better or worse......
My doctors keep putting me off. I went off birth control and that showed no change other than bring severe PCOS symptoms back.
Not sure whether you should know that I was rear ended twice in the span of six months and now have chronic upper back and neck pain that nothing works for either.
What is described above is not even all of my medical problems. I am desperate for answers. All I get from doctors is that deal with it and have a nice day. I thought maybe consulting a neurologist would provide another sort of idea. If you have any ideas, please I am desperate. All these medical problems have taken any quality of life I have out of it. Thank you for listening.
Metabolic causes and neuropathy should be considered.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for using HCM.
I have read your question and understand your concerns.
If this conversation could help you in some way, I recommend you some other tests that can help understand better your condition.
It is necessary to evaluate kidneys and thyroid gland functions with blood tests.
It is also necessary to measure the blood proteins levels.
Besides metabolic causes of legs swelling related to kidneys, thyroid gland dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, and/or autonomic neuropathy should be considered as possibilities as well.
Autonomic neuropathy may explain other symptoms besides swelling too.
Autonomic neuropathy is a possible complication of a number of other diseases.
It is necessary to discuss with your Doctor about getting tested further with tests such nerves conduction study and EMG,
Tests to evaluate autonomic nervous system function are needed too (thermoregulatory sweat test, tilt table test,
gastrointestinal tests).
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Greetings.

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