blood clot or rls!

[morgann_06]

Okay... so about a year ago i woke up with a terrible cramp in my leg... and i googled it and all this stuff about blood clots came up, had me terrified... :0 well anyways the constabt worry from it caused me to get anxiety attacks..which now i live with. and i have went to the er several times to get it checked out but no one ever seems to take it seriously!! thry just look at my calf abd say "nope" not dvt...or a bliod clot so its veryy discouraging..

well here is how it feels ti sum it up...
it burns at tinmes feels like some one is holding a lighter up to my skin.. and at mist times when it hurts its like a leg cramp but not painful more annoying... the pain isnt nessaceraly localized it moves around.... it bothers me the most at night.. Or after being in ny feet for a long time..soometimes it doesnt bother me for weeks then just re apears...

i am 13 weeks pregnannt have extreme anxiety 19 yrs old please lemme kno wat yu think
i read up on restless leg syndrome toi..sound like tht ??

p.s sorry so long thanks((:

[morgann_06]

thanks for replying!! But like I said every time I tell.a doctor they brush I tg off like nothing... I did have a c section but my leg didnt hurt till six months after and the day before I did alot of squats without streching butt stretchin beforue but would a pulles muscle hurt for a year... Also tht same month I got anxietyattacjs could tht have anything to do w. It... myleft forearn also hurts aon and off randomly like tight muscles could tht be connected?? And wat domy symptoms seem more like

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
The commonest cause of pain in the calf is DVT or deep vein thrombosis and clots, as you already know. This is best diagnosed by duplex ultrasound (color dopplar) or by angiogram. Pain can also be felt post unaccustomed exercise due to muscle strain. A ripping pain in calf muscles can also be due to intermittent claudication. The diseased and thrombosed arteries go in spasm while walking or exercising, due to increased blood demand, there is reduced oxygen in muscles, and hence pain. Pain in the calf area can also be due to pinched spinal nerves in the lumbo-sacral area or a pinched nerve at the knee joint. A nerve conduction study should be done. A MRI of the lumbar spine should also be able to throw some light. A deep vein thrombophlebitis or intermittent claudication (spontaneous spasm and relaxation of arteries) can also cause similar symptoms. Infection of skin called cellulitis could also be a cause. It can also be infection of lymphatics.
At times it is also due to low sodium, potassium, magnesium or calcium in the body. Hence serum levels of these electrolytes should also be checked. Dehydration is another frequent cause.
Generalized weakness, increased weight, diabetic neuropathy, any peripheral neuropathy and severe anemia can all cause lower leg pains.
Since you are pregnant, electrolytes and weight/weakness/anemia/diabetes should be checked first. Take care!