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Suggest Treatment For Heart Valve Issues
vein, artery just started thorbbing on left side of right knee...comes and goes but it s pulsating hard enough to move my clothes. I m 44 yrs old...5 6 female, 165lbs also a few weeks ago flying home from a business trip and left leg from knee down swelled up..never have I have that before. Do I have some heart valve issues or something serious?
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
This sounds like DVT(deep vein thrombosis)-clot in your deep leg veins,You will need ultrasound of the leg to confirm the diagnosis.Treatment is usually blood thinning medications.Sitting in the aeroplane for a while is a risk factor for causing DVT
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