What Causes Stabbing Pain And Swelling In The Calf?

Posted on Thu, 13 Oct 2016

Question: I am a person that is in stage 3 KFD and i experienced sharp very painful, stabbing pain in my right calf last night while at the movie theater with my wife. Its painful to walk and I required assistance to the car.This AM both calves are swollen, my abdomen and face.

Answered by Dr. Klarida Papaqako (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Labs and next steps recommended

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thank you for using HCM to post your question.

I read carefully your question and I understand your concern.

It may be just a muscular pain. But, since you have all these chronic condition, we need to make sure that it is not coming as a complication of them or as the side effect of the medications. For this reason what I recommend is:
-- Consider a Doppler ultrasound of the veins in the leg to rule out deep vein thromboses.
-- If that its normal, then next step it is the doing a metabolic panel. Most important are the electrolytes because they may give cramping- potassium, sodium and chloride levels. Also checking creatinine, liver functions tests will help.

Meanwhile, keep the leg elevated, rest, apply ice on it and take a painkiller that doesn't react with your medication like acetaminophen.

Hope this is helpful.
Let me know if you have other questions or concerns. Otherwise please kindly close and rate the answer.

Regards,
Dr.Papaqako

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