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Reason For Leg Pain, Trouble Walking, Charlie Horse In Calf?
My husband had what could be called a Charlie horse last night in his sleep, left lower leg calf. He is over weight, diabetes and smokes, today the leg is very painful, has a problem walking. Hurts to touch, he is on a lot of heart medicine as has had stents placed several years ago. I am concerned about a DVT? .
Mon, 12 Dec 2016
Lower limb swelling has many causes such as heart failure, varicose veins, vasculitis as complication of diabetis. Lab investigations should be done like serum uric acid, CBC, echocardiogram and lipid profile and coagulation profile. DVT is common risk factor of heart failure and diabetis. Taking acetyl salisylic acid 75 mg once daily as prophylaxis and marivan tablets as warfarin anticoglant is effective for your case at now.
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