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ii am 52 yr old female. had ahearth cath, afterwards manual compression was applied to the site.for about 20 min. about 4 hrs. later i went home, which is about a 1 hr. ride. about 15 min. into my ride home, i was in a lot of pain and feeling of pressure. by the time i got home the site area was about the size of a lemon. im now severely bruised onn half of my bikini area and down into my leg, with still pain ,pressure, and tightness. th heart cath was 1 week and 1day ago, went back to my cardiologist today, did ultra sound and he told me i still had a very large hematoma tha is going to take quite sometime to heal, and if i have further problems or any changes, go to emergency immediately. my question is how long will it take to heal ? and is this dangerous in any way? please answer me promply if pos      sible. im concerned and afraid, i guess i dont completely understand all of this.    thankyou,concerned patient                                                                                                              


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Sounds like yuo ddint stay i nthe bed at the hospititial long enough, coure  that doest help with
your  problem now, it doesnt sound good to me , my wife ahd had soem prety bad emotomas i nthe apst but not froma cath. yuo van get them from  any IV hers wa sbad  but not ahs erver has  yuors. It should be going down, i am not a Dr,so i cnat say how dangours it is.The DR. who examiened  yuo is it teh same SR. who did the cath on  you.
if it is perhaps you might wnat to get a seond opione.
hope yuo recover from thsi soon.

Mike
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Can't say that I've ever heard of that problem after a cath (hematoma).  Unfortunately, it usually only takes me one post to totally use up all the info I have on most situations.  I'd have to defer to the doc.  Sounds like he's on the case.

Hope you're able to get some relief soon.  Just the uncertainties of a situation like that really can drag you down.

PS--It usually only takes me 2 posts to use up all the words I know......;-)

Happy trails !!
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thankyou jim for your reply, and im happy you didnt have any real complications. did you develop a hemotoma. thats my concern, and how long will it take to heal ? my cardiologist told me as result after no.2 ultra scan, he was shocked how large it was and if it didnt heal soon , he would have no choice but to go in and do something about it. the homatoma is now deep instead of purtruding out. and i feel a lot of pressure and burning deep inside. have any ideas or info you can share? look forward to heaing from you,        thanks again    concerned patient
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That's probably not dangerous.  I've had 5 caths done so far, and it seems like each one acts a little different.  I've never had any particular pain that I can recall.  More like just tenderness.  A couple times, the whole upper part of my hind leg turned a whole bunch of different colors before it got better.  But, ultimately, it do get better.

Be of good cheer.
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